The long-awaited Apple iPhone arrived mid of last year in the USA. It was then introduced in the UK, Germany and France in November 2007 and was only supposed to be launched in Asia in 2008. However, unlocked iPhones, which can be used with a local SIM card, were already on display in shopping centres […]
Malaysia - Where is the love? – a saga in copyright!
Malaysia's neighbor Indonesia; with whom it shares close cultural links has accused Malaysia of stealing its cultural heritage. The events came about following an advertisement in Malaysia's overseas tourism campaign by the Malaysian Tourism Board featuring the traditional folk song "Rasa Sayang" loosely translated as the "feeling of love", as its theme song. Indonesia claims […]
Malaysia cracks down on software piracy
Machines producing illegal Disc Copies As Malaysian government officials reinforce their aim to curb piracy by setting example, another recent incident proved their genuineness. Although the battle to combat piracy in order to protect intellectual property is a difficult one, Malaysia is on the right track. Fourteen machines worth RM42 million (US $13 million) that […]
Video-game industry watchdog clamps down on illegal game activity in Singapore
In an effort to further enforce it's stance against piracy, the video game watchdog, Entertainment Software Association (ESA) in conjunction with the Singapore Police, carried out raids on local stores selling illegal video games. The shops were selling gadgets that allowed users to download and play pirated games on their Nintendo DS handheld consoles. As […]
Vietnamese government cracks down on software copyright
A French design, survey and construction consultancy is to be fined under the Vietnamese Law on Intellectual Property Ownership for copyright infringement. This is due to a recent discovery of illegal software programs worth about US$400, 000 by the Inspectors of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hanoi police. Interestingly enough, this is […]
Victims of E-Job Offers identified in Malaysia
The immense erudition found on the Internet has greatly affected the evolution of today's way of life since everything can be found on the Internet from songs to movies, facts of news to items on sale and even Job Offers! There is no longer a need to flip through the carbon staining newspaper pages to […]
Singapore High Court Affirms Its Own Decision
Dextra Asia Co Ltd and Dextra Manufacturing Co Ltd (collectively referred to as "Dextra"), the owners of rights in Asia to "Bartec", a patented invention used in reinforcing concrete in the construction of buildings sued Mariwu Industrial Co (S) Pte Ltd in 2006 for alleged infringement of their Singapore patent. The trial judge, Tan Lee […]
Malaysia Cyber Rogues Unleashed – The relevance of Intellectual Property Rights
Cyber Rogues who fake websites to deceive buyers into making them believe that the goods are real and being delivered are overwhelmingly increasing in Malaysia. The number of computer security intrusions in 2005 were approximately 660 cases involving business transactions involving '.com' and '.net' websites, 42 non-governmental organizations that involves the '.org', 79 cases involving […]
Singapore Police Raids For Illegal Software
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has called on businesses to take immediate steps for ensuring that they are using only legal and licensed software following a raid on 18 June 2007 by the Singapore Police Force on a Land Surveying Professional Consultancy for suspected use of unlicensed and illegal software. The police raid, prompted by […]
Malaysia Cultivating a culture of “going original”
The Malaysian Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs ("MTDCA") in July launched the campaign "Ops Sikap Tulen", which means 'to cultivate in people a culture of going original', in order to intensify its combat against software piracy. This innovative campaign has been launched to educate the public to respect intellectual property rights. The Minister […]