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1 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF MALAYSIA (Perbadanan Harta Intelek Malaysia) WIPO Regional Seminar on the Legislative, Economic and Policy Aspects of Utility Models Protection System 3 – 4 September, Kuala Lumpur Utility Models Protection in Malaysia – Utility Innovation Fatimah Rohada Dahalan Patent Division, MyIPO

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF MALAYSIA(Perbadanan Harta Intelek Malaysia)

WIPO Regional Seminar on the Legislative,

Economic and Policy Aspects of Utility Models Protection System3 – 4 September, Kuala Lumpur

Utility Models Protection in Malaysia – Utility Innovation

Fatimah Rohada Dahalan

Patent Division, MyIPO

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Outline of PresentationOutline of Presentation

• Corporate Profile

• Utility Innovation in Malaysia

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Corporate ProfileCorporate Profile

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Corporate ProfileCorporate Profile

MINISTRY OF DOMESTIC TRADE,

CO-OPERATIVE AND CONSUMERISM, MALAYSIA

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

OF MALAYSIA (MyIPO)

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BackgroundBackground

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF MALAYSIA (MyIPO)

• Corporatized 3 March 2003

• Intellectual Property Corporation Act 2002

• Responsible for the development and management of intellectual

property system in Malaysia

• Semi-autonomous body

- able to recruit and train staff on its own terms

- manage its own finance

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Our Vision, Mission and MottoOur Vision, Mission and Motto

“To be one of the leading IP organizations”

Mission

“Provides effective legal infrastructure and administration

regime to enhance greater creativity, protect innovation

and realize the value of intellectual property”

Vision

“Protecting Innovation – Advancing Competitiveness”

Motto

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Region Operational DivisionInternal Audit Division

Patent

Division

Trade Mark and

Geographical Indication

Division

Copyright & IC Layout

Design Division Management Services

Division

Industrial Design

Division

Deputy Director General

(Industrial Property)

Deputy Director General

(Corporate)

Director General

Information Technology

DivisionCorporate Communication

Division

IP Training Centre

Strategic Planning Division Legal and Advisory Division

Corporation Secretary

Organisational StructureOrganisational Structure

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Demographic ProfileDemographic Profile

� 413 staff (251 Females, 162 Males)

� 327 (79.18%) under 40 years old

� 82 patent examiners

� 53 trade mark examiners

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International Treaties Or ConventionsInternational Treaties Or Conventions

� World Intellectual Property Organization

(1 January 1989)

� Paris Convention (1 January 1989)

� Berne Convention (1 October 1990)

� Agreement on Trade Related Aspects

of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO - 1994)

� Patent Cooperation Treaty (16 May 2006)

� Nice Agreement (28 June 2007)

� Vienna Agreement (28 June 2007)

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Protection of Invention Protection of Invention

in Malaysiain Malaysia

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� Divided into two main sections:

� The Formality Section

� The Patent Examination Section

oEngineering Section

oApplied Sciences Section

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Patent Utility Innovation (UI)

PROTECTION OF INVENTION

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Term : 20 years Term : 10 (5+5) years

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Utility Innovation(UI)Utility Innovation(UI)

� To provide protection for minor inventions

� Target groups:

� Local individual inventors

� Students

� Local SMEs

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Utility Innovation (UI)Utility Innovation (UI)

� Limited to only one (1) claim

� Fee – RM140 (45USD) for request of grant and

RM1,100 (354USD) for substantive examination

� Subjected to substantive examination

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Utility Innovation (UI)Utility Innovation (UI)

� Substantive Examination for UI:

� Non-patentable inventions (Section 13)

� Novelty (Section 14)

� Industrial application (Section 16)

�No examination on inventive step – easier to

get a grant

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Differences between UI and PatentDifferences between UI and Patent

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Items PATENT UI

Form 1 RM290(USD93) -

Form 14 - RM140(USD45)

Form 5 RM1,100(USD352) RM1,100(USD352)

Patentability Criteria -New

-Inventive

-Industrially applicable

-New

-Industrially applicable

Term of Protection 20 years 10 + (5 +5) years

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Utility Innovation(UI)Utility Innovation(UI)

� Non-patentable inventions:

� Discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical

methods

� Plant or animal varieties or essentially biological

processes for the production of plants or animal

� Schemes, rules or methods for doing business,

performing purely mental acts or playing games

� Methods of treatment of human or animal body by

surgery or therapy

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Utility Innovation (UI)Utility Innovation (UI)

� Applications can be converted from patent to UI

and from UI to patent

� Patent and UI cannot be granted for the same

invention

� Protection for 10 years + 5 + 5 years

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StatisticsStatistics

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Year of Filing Foreign Local Total UI ApplicationsPercentage from total

applications (%)

2003 40 20 60 1.18

2004 49 48 97 1.78

2005 48 27 75 1.19

2006 46 31 77 1.60

2007 44 34 78 3.28

2008 66 32 98 1.81

2009 32 29 61 1.06

2010 37 47 84 1.30

2011 50 61 111 1.70

Total 412 329 741

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StatisticsStatistics

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Year of Filing Total UI applications Total patent applications

2003 60 5002

2004 97 5345

2005 75 6211

2006 77 4723

2007 78 2294

2008 98 5305

2009 61 5676

2010 84 6380

2011 111 6448

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Patent vs. UIPatent vs. UI

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Identified ReasonsIdentified Reasons

� Limitation to only one claim – claim too specific

� No priority treatment to UI

� Protection for 10 years + 5 + 5 years – need to

show the utilization of UI for extension

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Proposed Amendment Proposed Amendment

� To change to non-substantive examination

system

� To provide cheap and fast grant of UI

� More claims allowed

� Could request substantive examination after

grant

� A lower level of inventiveness

� A more practical period of protection

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Thank You Thank You

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