Foong Cheng Leong

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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.

  • Malaysia amends law to hold publishers responsible for user comments

    I was recently interviewed by PRWeek Asia regarding my views of the amendments of the Sedition Act 1948. My email interview is as follows:- What power do these amendments give the Malaysian government against the tech giants? Foong: Our laws may not reach foreign tech giants. However, with the new amendments to the Sedition Act…

  • Bread & Kaya: How the ‘new’ Sedition Act affects netizens

    Bread & Kaya: How the ‘new’ Sedition Act affects netizens By Foong Cheng Leong Apr 08, 2015 – As with Section 114A, website hosts and FB page owners can be held liable – Particularly thorny are comments left by others on your portal BY the time you read this article, the Sedition (Amendment) Bill 2015…

  • BFM Podcast: Suing Illegal Downloaders

    I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about illegal downloading of music, songs etc by internet users on 13 April 2015. The makers of Dallas Buyers Club, the award winning movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, have been aggressively going after online pirates in the United States, Australia and now, Singapore. What set…

  • Bread & Kaya: Malaysian cyberlaw cases in 2014

    2014 was another interesting year in cyberspace for Malaysia’s legal fraternity. Numerous sedition investigations and charges were made against statements made online and offline. Notably, Twitter user @wonghoicheng was charged under Section 504 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for “deliberately humiliating and provoking” Inspector-General of Police…

  • Report on RWY Sports Law Conference 2014

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  • Exploring the Digital Landscape in Malaysia

    I’ve been provided with a report by UNICEF Malaysia entitled “Exploring the Digital Landscape in Malaysia”. It has quiet a bit of interesting facts and figures. Some of them are:- 1. One study based on data collected in 2010 and entitled Young people and New Media—Social uses, Social shapings and Social consequences, 50.5 per cent…

  • BFM Podcast: Sedition, Porn and Torrents

    I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about the regulation of social media space in Malaysia on 17 February 2015. The Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar recently cautioned Malaysians to be mindful of what they post on social media platforms like twitter in order not to get on the wrong…

  • Invitation to serve KLBC Information Technology Committee for term 2015/16

    Dear Members of KL Bar and Pupils-In-Chambers, The KLBC Information Technology Committee (“KLBC ITC”) for the term 2015/16 is calling for volunteers to serve on the committee which is established for: • Promoting the use of IT by lawyers; • Exploring new ways in which IT can improve members’ professional practice; • Responsible for improving…

  • Proposed Trade Marks And Patents (Including Utility Innovations) Fees Revision

    The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) is proposing to increase the filing fees of numerous applications in respect of trade mark and patents (including utility innovations) applications. The reason for the increase is due to “The escalating costs of upgrading the ICT system“. The revision introduces the waiver of certain patents searching fees (online)…

  • Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2015/2016

    I am pleased to announce that I have been re-elected as a committee member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for the year 2015 / 2016. I have also been appointed to chair the Kuala Lumpur Information Technology Committee. The Publication Committee is now a separate independent committee headed by Siti Munirah Maarof. The full…