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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Event: International Malaysia Law Conference 2012
I will be speaking at the International Malaysia Law Conference 2012 on 26 September 2012 on the topic “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: Social media add a new dimension to online advertising, marketing and brand integrity“. The other speakers are: 1. Lau Kok Keng, Partner, Rajah & Tann LLP, Singapore, 2. Sharon…
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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…
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Let’s Get hIP 2012
I will be moderating this talk on recent substantive changes in the arena of Intellectual Property (“IP”) legislation and case law, which include “Safe Harbour” provisions, registration of works and its impact on protection and enforcement, expedited registration process, new mechanisms in enforcing a Trade Description Order (“TDO”), introduction/revisions to procedural steps in protection of…