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Defending Your Rights

We safeguard your innovations and creations through robust intellectual property rights protection, including trademarks, industrial designs, patents, and copyrights. Our services also include liaising with the relevant authorities in Malaysia for all your intellectual property needs.

Have concerns of an intellectual property registered overseas? Our diverse network of legal professionals ensures that intellectual property specialists are ready whenever you need them.

1. What is Intellectual Property?

- Intellectual Property refers to legal rights that protect intangible assets such as inventions, artistic works, symbols, designs, and trade secrets.

2. Categories of IP:

- Patents: Protect inventions or innovations, granting the holder exclusive rights to manufacture, use, or sell the invention for a specified period.
- Copyrights: Safeguard original works of authorship, such as literature, music, films, and software.
- Trademarks: Protect distinctive signs, logos, names, or symbols that distinguish goods or services in the market.
- Industrial Designs: Protect the aesthetic or ornamental aspects of a product.
- Trade Secrets: Protect confidential business information, such as formulas, processes, or customer lists, that provide a competitive advantage.

3. Importance of IP Protection:

- Ensures exclusive rights to use, license, or commercialize creations.
- Prevents unauthorized use or duplication.
- Enhances the commercial value of assets, providing a competitive edge in the market.
- Encourages innovation and creativity by providing a legal framework to safeguard ideas.

4. How Can We Help:

- Registration and Filing: Assistance with registering IP rights locally and internationally.
- Compliance and Advice: Ensuring your business operations and products comply with IP laws and avoid infringements.
- Dispute Resolution: Handling IP disputes, including infringement claims, mediations, and court actions.
- Licensing and Commercialization: Drafting agreements for IP licensing, sales, or collaborations to maximize commercial benefits.

5. Legal Framework in Malaysia:

- Governed by key legislation such as the Patents Act 1983, Copyright Act 1987, Trade Marks Act 2019, and Industrial Designs Act 1996​​.

Services

Trade Secrets

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Copyright Licensing

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Attorneys in Charge

Marcus Hoo Cann Jie

Principal

Marcus is the founder and currently the principal of Marcus Hoo Chambers. His areas of practice includes all of the fields of practice as listed in the About Us page, and he has completed his Masters in Law postgraduate masters degree majoring in Business Law in December 2024.


Prior to establishing Marcus Hoo Chambers, he has had years of experience working in an esteemed law firm based in Petaling Jaya which specialises in Construction Law Disputes, Debt Recovery, Civil and Criminal Litigation among other fields of practice. His years of working with firms in the Klang Valley and exposure to the various State High Courts and the Appellate Courts in Putrajaya has fortified his abilities as an experienced litigator with a stedfast attitude in safeguarding his client’s welfare.


His future plans includes in-depth expansions in the areas of Construction Law, Intellectual Property, Medical Law, Aviation Law and Company Law.

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