Intellectual Property
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Issues to think about when one is considering whether or not to sign an NDA
In most situations, an NDA is neither legally nor practicably enforceable
More to boosting entrepreneurship than just giving out money
The Malaysian Government has rolled out a slew of initiatives to encourage entrepreneurship, but needs to go one step further, writes Justin Santiago of Enzo Global.
Week in Review: Yet another bid to help SMEs, using IP
Having covered SMEs for five years, DNA founder Karamjit Singh offers his take of what the latest government initiative to embed IP into SMEs will need to do to have a chance of succeeding.
Innovation company PlaTCOM to be self-sustainable by 2020
PlaTCOM Ventures Sdn Bhd, an initiative formed between AIM and SME Corp, aims to be self-sustainable by as early as 2020. Its executive director Dr Viraj Perera explains how the company aims to achieve that goal when similar initiatives in the UK and US took 8-10 years to be self-sustainable.
MyIPO kicks off Teh Tarik sessions for 2014
For this year’s Teh Tarik sessions, MyIPO is targeting sectors such as ICT, entertainment, creative, multimedia, biotechnology, green technology, research institutes, universities, as well as IP practitioners, IP agents, and accountants.
University research culture in Malaysia
While MMU is to be congratulated for its recent QS World Ranking, there is still a lack of research culture within universities in Malaysia. DNA columnist Dr Shawn Tan looks at the reasons, and offers some suggestions.
Enhanced training for IP valuers
The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia or MyIPO has announced enhanced for the existing 23 Intellectual Property (IP) valuers who successfully passed the IP Valuation beginner training last year.
Why patents are bad: Privatisation of knowledge
Patents have their place, and were certainly crucial to the success of the industrial revolution – but in this day and age, with so many thousands being filed every year, they’re creating fences around knowledge, argues Dr Shawn Tan.
IP still very much relevant in digital age, but …
Intellectual property (IP) is still relevant in today’s digital era, and is something everyone should consider: These were among key messages highlighted at a roundtable discussion organised by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) and Digital News Asia (DNA) on March 7.
IP: Bazaar model vs copyright registration
DNA columnist Dr Shawn Tan looks at how the most recent amendments to the Malaysian Copyright Act may be detrimental to the Open Source Software (OSS) movement.
