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The firm admits new Partner

July 2010. Press Releases by Shook Lin & Bok (view listing).

The firm has admitted Lee Lin Li as a new Partner of the firm for 2010.

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Arbitration Department

July 2010. Press Releases by Shook Lin & Bok (view listing).

Arbitration plays a complementary role to court litigation in dispute resolution, and over the years has assumed an increasingly prominent and important position. It is often the preferred choice for dispute resolution in commercial contracts with an international dimension to them. In tandem with the ascendancy of arbitration, the firm's Arbitration department has grown briskly. We sat down with the firm's Partner Mohanadass Kanagasabai, who is currently the President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb), for a discussion on arbitration and the Arbitration Department.

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Banking and Finance Litigation Department

July 2010. Press Releases by Shook Lin & Bok (view listing).

Shook Lin & Bok's Banking and Finance Litigation Department established in the early 1980s, was a pioneering team dedicated to banking litigation. It remains today one of very few teams of lawyers in law firms in the country, whose lawyers focus exclusively on litigation work for banks and financial institutions.

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Shook Lin & Bok gives back

July 2010. Press Releases by Shook Lin & Bok (view listing).

Taking a leaf out of the American Idol experience, a group of Lawyers from the firm organised the firm's annual Christmas party held for 2009 at the Praise Emmanuel Children's Home (PECH) in Petaling Jaya on 17 December 2009.

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Shook Lin & Bok, Kuala Lumpur Admits New Partner

March 2010. Press Releases by Shook Lin & Bok (view listing).

The firm is pleased to announce the admission of Lee Lin Li as a new Partner of the firm for 2010.

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Legal Developments by:
Shook Lin & Bok

  • Intellectual Property - Trade Marks

    In September 2006 the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that fast-food company McDonald's had an exclusive right to use the prefix 'Mc'. The court ordered McCurry Restaurant to stop using the prefix as part of its trade name and awarded damages and costs to McDonald's. However, on April 29 2009 the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's decision. The appeal court held that McCurry did not misrepresent itself or confuse the public when carrying out business under the name 'Restoran McCurry'. The court noted the following distinguishing features in how the two parties conducted their business:
    - Shook Lin & Bok

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