Mindvault Blog: News and Views

The Star In Tech ran a series today about businesses that blog. There were 3 articles – New Marketing Tool, The Business of Blogging and Developing Ideas and Apps. So, why did we at Mindvault decide to start our own blog? Well, we’ve been providing thought leadership on Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) for…

Informants are hampering Government efforts to close down optical-disc plants that are engaging in content piracy, said the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM). Its chairman, Sandy Monteiro, said the plant operators would be tipped off whenever a raid was imminent and would shift the pirated products elsewhere before the authorities arrived. “The law requires…

Telekom Malaysia (now known as TM) has spent RM9 million rebranding itself. The money was spent on engaging an external branding expert, creating a new concept and designing a new brand. Branding is more than just coming up with a new logo or spending more money on a new tagline and endless advertising. It has…

The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) has been identified as being one of the main concerns for US investors to come into Malaysia, said the United States ambassador to Malaysia, Christopher J LaFleur. He said a survey conducted last year of senior executives of global 1,000 firms found that 28% considered IPR protection an…

The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to reject a law that would have given software common patent protection across all countries in the European Union. The decision, by 648 votes to 14, was preceded by a fierce four-year battle between those who supported the idea that companies should be able to own software – and…

Malaysia is taking advantage of the Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO)’s annual convention here to rebrand itself as the new hotbed for biotechnology activities, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis on Saturday. Jamaludin, who is leading Malaysia’s delegation of over 100 members to BIO 2005, said the crux of the rebranding…

An Intellectual Property (IP) court to handle cases of infringement could be set up within the next two years. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry is lobbying hard for this, Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal said. “The court will have judges and lawyers who specialise in IP so that the rights of owners can be…

The period for registration of intellectual property will be reduced by 10 months to 48 months by the end of this year, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal said Friday. He said this would be achieved by beefing up the number of experienced inspectors from 42 to 100, and using external…

My 2-day conference on technology transfer in Riyadh concluded today. I was there as a speaker to share the experiences from Malaysia and in the process learned that the Saudis were very interested in what we did and how we did it since the situation in Saudi Arabia is quite similar to ours. Intellectual Property…

The concept of intellectual property (IP) is often misunderstood as being just “an obscure legal concept that is of little value in everyday life,” lamented Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Haji Mohd Shafie Apdal on Monday. He said the importance of IP cannot be underestimated. “IP has become one of the biggest assets…