🛡️ Despite the automatic protection accorded to copyright, voluntary registration is advised to the copyright owners to easily prove that a particular creative work belong to you and only you. It can also be useful in circumstance where you wish to license your creative work to other parties.
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🇲🇾 In Malaysia, copyright is a non-registrable right with an automatic protection being accorded to creative works made by authors, producers, photographers, musicians, songwriters, artists, sculptors and other persons in creative businesses.
📝 One of the major advantages of the Madrid Protocol is that it is easier for portfolio management and is also cost efficient as it does not require you to maintain a portfolio of independent registration.
Intellectual Proprietary privileges in relation to a trade mark may be established through actual use in the marketplace and registration provides for:
1. Exclusive Rights – Registered trade marks owners have exclusive right to use their marks in trading. They also have the rights