From patent office to court room - 25 years of independent patent law in Malaysia

The Malaysian Patents Act 1983 entered into force on October 1, 1986 and will be 25 years old later this year. The Act marked the introduction of the country’s independent patent law, which replaced the earlier system of re-registering UK patents. The country has progressed remarkably over this 25-year period, and the intellectual property scene is no exception.