Category: Franchise
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Upcoming Event: Franchise Law in Malaysia
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Bread & Kaya: Layperson’s guide to the Chatime v Tealive dispute
-By Foong Cheng Leong | Jul 17, 2018 – Trouble started brewing when La Kaffa alleged that Loob had breached RERA – Case began in the High Court, went to the Court of Appeal, pending a hearing at the Federal Court MUCH has been said about the dispute between the owners of the Chatime and…
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BGA Management Series: Licensing & Franchising – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!
My presentation slides for the above seminar can be downloaded here.
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Can a franchise agreement be executed before the registration of the franchise in Malaysia?
In a recent High Court case, the Court held that a licence agreement can qualify as a franchise agreement and a licensor cannot offer to sell or provide a franchise until his franchise is registered in Malaysia. Munafya Sdn Bhd v Profquaz Sdn Bhd The Defendant operates an Islamic education system or syllabus for preschool…
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Date of Coming into Operation of the Franchise (Amendment) Act 2012
The Malaysian Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism has appointed 1 January 2013 as the date on which the Franchise (Amendment) Act 2012 comes into operation. For a write up on the changes to the Malaysian Franchise Act 1998, please see our article “Amendment to the Malaysian Franchise Act 1998”
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Amendment to the Malaysian Franchise Act 1998
The new Franchise (Amendment) Bill 2012 (“Bill“) was tabled in the Malaysian Parliament in June 2012. At the time of writing, the Bill is not in force. [Postscript: Franchise (Amendment) Act 2012 is in operation as of 1-1-2013 [P.U. (B) 387/2012]] The Bill amends the Malaysian Franchise Act 1998 (“Act“) to ensure that the Act…