PATENT IN MALAYSIA
PATENT IN Malaysia includes three stages: PATENT SEARCH in Malaysia, Malaysia Patent filing and Malaysia Patent registration. All with affordable fees.
– Stage 1: PATENT SEARCH IN MALAYSIA
| Scope of work: PATENT SEARCH | Word Mark
($US) |
Device (logo) And Word Mark
($US) |
| For the 1st class | 120.00 | 130.00 |
| For the 2nd class | 110.00 | 120.00 |
| Duration | 5-7 days | 5-7 days |
– Stage 2: TRADE FILING IN MALAYSIA
| Scope of work: Filing Patent Application | FEE
($US) |
| For the 1st class | 365.00 |
| For the 2nd class | 360.00 |
| Duration | 10-12 months |
* Note: Kindly be informed that Malaysia does not practice multi-class filing system. Therefore, a separate application has to be filed for each additional class of goods and services.
– Stage 3: Patent REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE IN MALAYSIA
| Scope of work: Obtaining Patent registration certificate | FEE
($US) |
| For the 1st class | 370.00 |
| For the 2nd class | 340.00 |
| Duration | 1 month |
* Note: Our Fee for PATENT IN Malaysia includes all fees (official fee and legal fee); excludes fee for responding to office action, if any.
– You could visit here to see Procedure of Malaysia Patent Registration.
– You could visit here to check the required documents for filing PATENT IN Malaysia
– You could read 04 Frequent Questions About Filing PATENT IN Malaysia here.
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Frequencly Asked Questions
A trademark in Malaysia is signal used to distinguish goods/services of different organizations and individuals.
it can contain: words, names, devices, colors, slogans, holograms, especially a trademark can be sounds, smells, trade dress but it must be reproduced in the graphical form such as musical notation. Therefore, a sign wants to become a trademark, it must satisfy following conditions: It must be visible; It has capability of distinguishing goods/services of different organizations and individuals.

