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.

  • Enforcement of the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010

    The Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010 is now in force effective from 15 January 2014 [P.U. (B) 12/2014] The Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010 provides for the registration and regulation of persons carrying on a credit reporting business that involves the processing of credit information of any person, who may either be individuals, bodies corporate…

  • NEP Holdings fails in its patent infringement action

    The Plaintiff, NEP Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad sued the Defendant, C.K. Filtration Technology Sdn. Bhd for infringement of Malaysian Patent No. MY 142566-A (“MY 566 Patent”) entitled “Improvement in the Mechanism of Water Treatment System” by manufacturing, assembling, stocking, marketing, distributing, selling and offering for sale an infringing product known as CK KING FILTER which consists…

  • New Chinese Trademark Law to be implemented on May 1, 2014

    Published with permission of Eagle IP Ltd, a Hong Kong and Chinese IP Firm. The Chinese Government announced that the 3rd amendment to the 1982 Trademark Law, passed by the 12th meeting of The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, will be implemented as of May 1, 2014. Below are some major highlights: Multi-class…

  • Bread & Kaya: The law and the Sweet Young Malaysian Girls blog

    The law and the Sweet Young Malaysian Girls blog Nov 29, 2013 – Netizens are riled up over the blog that posted pictures of young Malaysian girls, many of them minors – Determining which laws could be applied against the blogger in question is however a challenge Bread & Kaya by Foong Cheng Leong I…

  • Malaysia gazettes data protection act, effective immediately

    I was quoted by ZDNet in their article “Malaysia gazettes data protection act, effective immediately“. Malaysia gazettes data protection act, effective immediately Summary: After almost a year delay, Malaysia finally gazettes its Personal Data Protection Act 2010 on Thursday and makes it effective Friday. Businesses have three months to comply and violation can result in…

  • Data protection act gazetted, effective today

    I was quoted by the Malay Mail in their report “Data protection act gazetted, effective today” on 15 November 2013. KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — The much awaited Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010 has finally been gazetted and will take effect today, with businesses given three months to comply with the new law and…

  • ITPC STARTUPS AND BUSINESS LAW CONFERENCE on 26.11.2013

    The KL Bar Information Technology and Publications Committee (ITPC) will be organising a one-day Conference on 26 November 2013. The Conference will cover practical legal issues for start-ups with a particular emphasis on the emerging issues such as intellectual property, personal data protection and social media. The purpose is to provide the participants with the…

  • Enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010

    It is official. The Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”) will be in force on 15 November 2013. As expected, Tuan Abu Hassan bin Ismail is appointed as the Personal Data Protection Commissioner with effect from 15 November 2013. Data users now have 3 months to comply with the PDPA in respect of personal…

  • Bread & Kaya: Sharing images of crime victims

    Bread & Kaya: Sharing images of crime victims Nov 01, 2013 – No doubt the dissemination of gruesome images is distasteful and disrespectful of victims and their families – However, when the MCMC cited legislation against it, the industry regulator may have been stretching it Bread & Kaya by Foong Cheng Leong IT was with…

  • Compendium of Malaysian Intellectual Property Cases – Trade Marks

    My first book, Compendium of Malaysian Intellectual Property Cases, will be launched this month or early next month. It is now available for pre-order. Click here to order! This book contains more than seventy (70) reported and unreported cases on Trade Marks from the Malaysian High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court. For ease…