Malaysia Patent & Trademark Filing Guide

›File at MyIPO; PCT national phase within 30 months

›Request examination within 4 years of filing

›Examination report response within specified period

›Utility innovations available for simpler technical improvements

›Annual maintenance fees payable from grant

›File at MyIPO; multi-class filing permitted; Madrid Protocol member

›Examination on absolute and relative grounds

›Opposition: 2 months from publication

›Non-use cancellation: after 3 years of non-use

›TM term: 10 years from filing, renewable indefinitely

›File at MyIPO; 25-year term (five 5-year renewals)

›Industrial Designs Act 1996 (as amended)

›Convention priority: 6 months

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