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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),

intellectual property refers to
"creations of the mind:
inventions, literary, and artistic works, and symbols,
names, images, and designs used in commerce
The Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) was
registered as a Society under the Societies Act 1966 on 21st
December 1989 vide Registration No. 1017/89.
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The Malaysian Intellectual Property Association

(MIPA) was registered as a Society under the
Societies Act 1966 on 21st December 1989 vide
Registration No. 1017/89.
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IP is divided into two categories:

1. industrial property, which includes:
inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and
geographic indications of source; and
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IP is divided into two categories:

2. copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as
novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works
such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and
architectural designs.
Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in
their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings,
and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs."
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Top two IP issues affecting engineers are:

1. failing to seek patent protection for
new innovations and
2. publicly disclosing new inventions before filing a
patent application, resulting in a waiver of
their patent rights.
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Industrial Properties

Trade Mark
Ø A mark used in relation to goods (services) for
purpose of indicating a connection in the course of
trade between the goods (services) and the person
providing such goods (service).

Ø Exp : Coca Cola, McDonalds, Colgate

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Patent

Ø Longman Dictionary
> paper from a government office (the Patent
Office) giving someone the right to make or sell a
new invention for a certain number of years

Ø Exp : Computers, iPad, iPhone

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Industrial Design
¡ Features of shape, configuration, ornaments when
applied onto an article, appeals to the eyes

¡ Exp : Shape of a Chair, Ornaments On a Pendant

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Geographical Indication

• An indication which identifies any goods as

originating in a territory where a given quality,
reputation or characteristic of the goods is
essentially attributable to their geographical
origin

• Exp : Sarawak Pepper, Sabah Tea, Bario Rice

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Layout-designs of integrated circuit

Ø 3-dimensional disposition however expressed, of

the elements of an integrated circuits (IC)

Ø IC : a product with an active element and some

interconnections integrally formed on a piece of
material, which is intended to perform an electronic
function
Exp : Microchips
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Trade Secrets

Secrets of manufacturing / producing something

Advantage over competitors for unlimited period

Exp : Coca Cola Formula, KFC Fried Chicken Recipe

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Confidential Information

Information which the receiver is

obliged to keep secret as the same
was transferred in confidence
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Copy Rights
Rights given to authors for publication of the works
Works protected
1. Literary works
2. Musical works
3. Artistic works
4. Films
5. Sound Recordings
6. Broadcasts
7. Performers
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New area of IP

1. Plant varieties
2. Traditional medicines
3. Cultural rights
4. Data Exclusivity
5. Etc….
¨ SO, ISN’T IP INTERESTING ???
¨ You HAVE all these in your organization BUT is
your organization’s IP PROTECTED?
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BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - SURVIVAL –

INNOVATION……..

¨ Know how to PROTECT own intellectual assets

¨ Know and IDENTIFY IP of organizations
¨ Know about INFRINGEMENT
¨ RESPECT other’s intellectual assets

¨ REGISTER IN OUR HEADS IP is NOT TOTALLY a LEGAL thing – IP

starts the moment YOU DECIDE to embark into INNOVATION NOT AT
THE END!!!
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Gen-Ys:
> Downloading and Uploading songs/films free of charge - infringement

¡ Lecturers and students:

> Copying from internet and pasting into own work – infringement
> How to copy & paste without infringing / caught for Plagiarism?

¡ R&D staff
> Confidential information & new inventions
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Financiers
> When IP is made a collateral

Parents
> Inculcate children not to steal as infringement = stealing

Traders
> especially the SMEs and individual “kuih” sellers
> Many Others – general public
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IP is a new subject matter for many people

though IP protection had existed in Malaysia
since occupation of British

¨ Vast economic development has brought IP to be realized

as an asset

¨ It is vital for EVERYONE from all walks of life to

have knowledge on what IP is all about because
IP is an asset which can be created by ANYONE
just by human –BRAINS!!!
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But copyright protection may not be extended for the following

types of subjects below. Instead of copyrighting these works, the
owners or creators may file for other forms of intellectual
property protection, such as a patent or trademark, to gain
exclusive use of the materials.

• Titles, slogans, and taglines

• Ideas and concepts
• Procedures, methods, and systems
• List of ingredients
• Standard information (e.g., height or weight charts,
measurements, calendars)
• Familiar symbols, such as a "no smoking" sign
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How do I get a Copyright? Copyright is

automatic upon creation of an original
work of authorship. With regard to
photography, with few exceptions, every
image obtains its copyright upon creation.