Intellectual Property

Is intellectual property still relevant in the digital age?
Join the discussion this Friday, March 7, at 9.30am at the Sime Darby Convention Centre in KL when DNA founder Karamjit Singh will moderate a panel discussion on whether intellectual property is still relevant in the digital age.
(2013 Top 10 Story) Apple moves to trademark the term ‘startup’ in Malaysia
(Originally published Aug 30, 2013) This story, the DNA’s most-read story of 2013, clearly struck a nerve with the startup community in Malaysia, and called into greater focus the lackadaisical attitude many local outfits have toward intellectual property rights.  
IBM tops patents list, taps three from Malaysia
IBM inventors received a record-setting 6,809 patents for 2013, making it the 21st consecutive year the company topped the annual list of US patent leaders.
Malaysia’s ‘stealth’ software billionaire
Believes core banking is about Group Theory environment Worth around US$1.1 billion from company he launched in 1990
Week in Review: IP matters, to the tune of RM200m
Expect awareness of IP to deepen among entrepreneurs Startups should start making IP integral part of business  
Commercialising university R&D: ‘They just distrust each other’
Lack of trust has been built over the years Key is to get a business person to head the unit THE Malaysian Government has for years been trying to get public universities in the country to more effectively commercialise their research and development (R&D), with various programmes and multiple millions dedicated to it.  
IP management at NUS is no walk in the park
University adopts rigorous market filter for its IP management ‘We are pretty brutal’ admits director of technology licensing unit
Asian countries battle IP ‘maximalism’ in leaked TPP chapter
The leak of the TPP's IP chapter confirms that we were all right to be worried – the TPP is indeed bad news, writes Dr Jeremy Malcolm.
Public university R&D: ‘I could cry’
Why has the commercialisation of public university R&D reduced the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah to tears? Karamjit Singh has the sad story.
Creative multimedia talents get RM1mil worth of MDeC grants
MDeC has disbursed nearly RM1 million (US$314,000) worth of grants to the winners of the MSC Malaysia Intellectual Property Creators Challenge (IPCC) 2013, while 15th Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Digicon6 (Digital Contents Animation & Movie awards) Malaysian leg winners got cash prizes.
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