The much-awaited Trade Mark Bill, 2019 and the Trade
Descriptions (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Malaysia have been passed by
Dewan Rakyat i.e. Parliament of Malaysia
on July 02, 2019.
today passed. The first reading of the Trademarks Bill 2019 was
presented at the Parliament on April 09, 2019 and
the same was passed in the lower house on July 02,
2019. With this Bill, Malaysia has acceded to Madrid
Protocol, which will now allow a trademark owner to file an
international trademark application through the Intellectual
Property Corporation of Malaysia (hereinafter referred to as
"MyIPO").
The move was long overdue since 2013 as Malaysia was previously
one of the two members of ASEAN Countries that were yet to accede
to the Madrid protocol. The Madrid Protocol currently has 104
countries acceding to it, with Canada as the latest addition to the
list.
