Malaysia

Malaysia Profile

Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It has 13 states, 3 federal territories, and a total land area of 330,803 square kilometers (127,720 square miles). The territory of Malaysia is divided by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions: Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares land and sea borders with Thailand, and has sea borders with Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. East Malaysia borders Brunei and Indonesia on land and sea, and the Philippines and Vietnam on sea. The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur and the seat of the federal government is Putrajaya.

Malaysian Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• "trademark law"
• "Designs Act"
• "Integrated Circuit Layout Design Act"
• Copyright Act
• "Plant Variety Protection Law"

International Organization/Agreement

• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property