📌 Under the old law, a trademark application may be ‘objected’ on absolute and relative grounds for two counts, and applicant must undergo the first stage appeal, and second hearing stage (if the first stage objection is maintained) in order to proceed further with their application. Under
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📑 Applicants now are able to lodge a multi-classification application under a single trademark application which was not available previously. With the introduction of multi-class application, the new law also provides for division to divide a multi-class application to single class, as well as
✒️ The recently enforced Trademarks Act 2019 of Malaysia has undergone major changes in comparison to its predecessor. One of it is how it defines a “mark”. Instead of using the word “mark”, the new Act has adopted a more general term namely “sign” which includes the usual letters
📰 A recent ruling ends an eight-year legal dispute between Jordan and Qiaodan. The Agence France-Presse provided more details:
🏢 In newly-released research from WTR, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has been ranked as the most innovative IP office in the world for the first time. As trademark professionals the world over adapt to the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the results of
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