Foong Cheng Leong | Articles
I am an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a registered trade mark, industrial designs and patent agent. I am also the author of the books, Compendium of Malaysian Intellectual Property Cases consisting of two (2) volumes, namely, trade marks and copyright and industrial designs, and Foong’s Malaysia Cyber, Electronic Evidence and Information Technology Law.
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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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Bread & Kaya: Dear Attorney General Tommy Thomas, we need to speak about our Malaysia cyberlaw and IT laws reforms
By Foong Cheng Leong | Jun 22, 2018 – Act is clearly against the very fundamental principal of “innocent until proven guilty” – Need law to curb creation of fake news, especially if created to stoke racial or religious sentiments Repeal of 114A of Evidence Act 1950 WHEN s. 114A was introduced in the Parliament…
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Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw cases Pt3 – sexual offences against children and computer crimes
By Foong Cheng Leong | Mar 30, 2018– Sending death threats using someone else’s mobile phone is not OK– 2018 will mark interesting year for cyber related cases including Uber driver suing Uber THE first statute in Malaysia to use the term “social media” is part of the law designed to protect children against sexual…
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Here’s What You Should Know The Next Time Someone Asks For Your MyKad
I was featured in The Malaysian Digest’s article entitled “Here’s What You Should Know The Next Time Someone Asks For Your MyKad” on 22 February 2018. If Your Identity Is Stolen, It May Be Difficult To Prove Your Innocence Although the Private Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) that protects our data, which is collected for…
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When social media rants can land you in court
I was featured in The Star Newspaper’s article entitled “When social media rants can land you in court” on 5 January 2018 on the issue of reviewing a business online. I said the following:- Meanwhile, Bar Council cyberlaw and information technology committee co-chairman Foong Cheng Leong told The Star that a person was free to…