A guide to patents in Southeast Asia
21 December 2011
Registering and enforcing patent rights in the ASEAN region can be challenging. Patent practitioners from three of the largest jurisdictions discuss the latest developments
Dave Wyatt: In terms of the administrative process, patent applicants are well-served by MyIPO these days, following its corporatisation in 2003. The formalities of the application and grant process are generally handled efficiently and expeditiously. The main obstacles for foreign applicants lie in their expectations of the substantive examination process, and unfamiliarity with how it operates. The Malaysian system is somewhere between independent examination and a system like that of Singapore, where one can rely wholly on foreign search/examination results. ...
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