Trade Mark Registration in Malaysia

Trademarks are made up of images, logos, words, names or other unique parts of a company or business. The brands have been in Malaysia for 10 years with the possibility of renewing the brand for 10 years. Once registered, you have the words or images and you have protection if an individual company uses the same image or brand. Although the Malaysian trademark is protected in Malaysia, it is not transferred to other countries.

The Function of Trade Mark

The main function of the brand is to enable consumers to identify a product (be it a product or a service) of a company in order to distinguish it from other identical or similar products provided by competitors. Users who are satisfied with a product will probably buy or use the product again in the future. To do this, they must be able to easily identify identical products.

Is It Mandatory to Register A Trademark?

In Malaysia, registration is not required to establish the rights of trademarks, nor use the required marking. An unregistered trademark can still be protected by the usual law known as "deterioration". However, it is strongly recommended that you register your trademark, because the registration offers several benefits that exceed the rights acquired through the use of the trademark.

Trademark Registration Process

In Malaysia, the registration of a trademark is very simple and does not take much time to complete the registration. Document requests are shown below –

• 5 copies of TM5, filled with a trademark, filed on each copy
• You must first complete and submit 5 forms listed as TM5
• Original copy of the mandatory declaration with the mark applied to it.
• 1 copy of form 49 / form D / company data from the company registrar, if the registration is done with the company name
• One copy of a request for a priority date document.