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TrademarkOnline.com.my provides a full range of Intellectual Property (IP) services such as filing and protection of intellectual property such as: Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design, Copyright, layout designs of integrated circuits and Geographical Indication to a specialized clientele to secure, manage and enhance their IP portfolios.
Why Register with TRADEMARKONLINE?
- We will response immediate or within 24hrs for matters which requires urgent attention.
- No Hidden fees, hourly charges for filing/prosecution matters.
- Our team has more than 15 years of experience in Trademark, Design, Patent & Copyright (Intellectual Property) field that able to provide well versed and experienced advices.
- We are registered members of multiple Recognized International Intellectual Property Organization and Local Organization .
ALL OUR SERVICES
TRADEMARK ONLINE is a portal which provides a full range of Intellectual Property (IP) services such as filing and protection of intellectual property such as: Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design, Copyright, layout designs of integrated circuits and Geographical Indication.
TRADEMARK
A mark which distinguishes the goods and services of one trader from those of another.
PATENT
A new invention, which relates to a product or a process that provides a new way of doing it.
DESIGN
A design consist of shape and configuration of an article and/or pattern and ornamentation.
COPYRIGHT
An original expressions of ideas reduced into a tangible form, whether published.
GLOBAL IP SEARCH
A search service based on a combination of databases covering more than 120 countries across the globe
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
An indication of a product that can identify the goods are originating from a particular country, territory, region.
LITIGATION SUPPORT
Our dedicated team has experience in providing comprehensive preliminary and pre-litigation consultancy.
IP TRAINING & CONSULTATION
We provide training and seminar on intellectual property awareness in the many areas of intellectual property.
How do you know which protections you need ?
Copyrights, trademarks, and patents are all designed to protect you and your intellectual property. The IP Guide chart will help you to decide.
IP GUIDE COMPARISON CHART
Copyright | Trademark | Patent | Design | |
Who typically seeks this protection? | Authors, artists, architects, and other creative professionals. | Business and product owners. | Inventors, business and product owners | Inventors and designers. |
What does it protect? | Original works of authorship, including books, articles, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other creative works. An idea itself cannot be copyrighted. | A word, slogan, symbol, design, and/or image which identifies and distinguishes business or brand from others. | Inventions with a new or improved function, such as machines, processes, chemical compositions or method. | New and original, shape or ornamental design for an article. |
What benefits does registration/filing include? | Copyright registration enhances applicant's rights by providing legal evidence and public notice of ownership, and by allowing the copyright holder to bring suit in federal court in cases of infringement. | Trademark registration enhances applicant's rights by providing legal evidence and public notice of ownership. It provides exclusive rights to the mark and allows the holder to bring lawsuits against infringers. | A patent provides owner exclusive right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or importing the patented invention. | A design provides owner exclusive right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or importing the protected design. |
How long does it last? | A copyright protection lasts the author's lifetime, plus an additional 70 years. | A trademark registration can have an unlimited term, but must be renewed every 10 years. | A patent protects an invention up to 20 years, but must be renewed every year after grant. | A design patent protects a design for 25 years, but must be renewed every 5 year. |
Frequently Asked Questions
The Trademark registration is valid forever one its Registered. However, renewal is required for every ten (10) years to maintain the Registration. If renewal is missed, the Trademark will be Abandoned/Lapsed. Hence as your Trademark Agent, we will record and remind the important dates for our clients.
TM is used to indicate a user has intention or in process of registering the trademark. However, the ®, is reserved or could be only used for marks that has been registered with the IP office. Unauthorized us liable for fine and imprisonment in Malaysia.
It is highly advisable to use the services of a competent & Licensed Trademark Agent or Attorney for your IP/Trademark matters.
As Non-qualified & licensed agents and not-lawyers may give you inaccurate information and legal advice about your trademark rights and the registration process in the specified country. This could:
- Risk the legal validity of your application or registration
- Prolong the time it takes for your application to be examined & delayed the process.
- Cause your application to be rejected or abandoned or your registration will cancelled.
- Missed the due date such as Renewal, Refusal and Risk the application to abandoned.
Certain trademark which consists of immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter; or matter which could represent or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; or a geographical indication.
Further, trademarks which other traders would or may want to use to describe their goods or services are not registrarable as well. For example, the mark should not be descriptive or direct reference to the goods, for example “Best” and “Top Quality”, even if its not found during Trademark Search.
To obtain further advice do contact us consultation.
It is important to file your trademark if you are selling (or promoting) goods or services in a “first to file” jurisdiction, otherwise someone else could file a trademark for your brand name, and then stop you from trading your goods or services under that brand even if you have been using that brand before them. This has happened not in China, also in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore as well for few famous brands.
Trademark protection is territorial in nature. If you registered the mark in Malaysia, your mark is only protected in Malaysia. Therefore, our team will assist you file the Trademark protection in required country and provide advice in accordance to the specific countries regulation or law.
In order Trademark to registered, it requires to fulfills at least one of the following requirements:
(1) Name of company or individual
(2) Signature mark
(3) Invented word
(4) Not descriptive of the your product/service, not a geographical name and not a surname.
A trademark is a phrase, word, symbol, or design that differentiates one company’s goods from the goods of other companies. Idea relatates to something that is functional or operable, which fall in the category of Patent under Intellectual Property matters. For further information on Patent, our team able to assist you and provide all the necessary advice.
The trademark opposition process during publication after Registrar approval, opposition period of two (2) months is given for the filing of any opposition (from third-party). After opposition period or overcoming the opposition, the mark will directly to Registered.
When you file your trademark application, it required to select the class of goods or services that your trademark will protect, and we will assist to identify the goods or services you provide. The trademark application will only cover for the goods, services and class that you name in your application. Classification.