Malaysian Trademark Tools
Here’s some tools to make sure your name and logo is trademark-ready before you even submit for registration to MyIPO. It’ll save you a lot of cash and clock.
It’s easy to overlook the importance of registering a brand as your intellectual property. Technically, we don’t own our brand name or logo until we get the trademark certificate from MyIPO. Once we get certified, we can put the ® symbol on our logo. It covers the ownership protection for 10 years from infringement.
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Summary of Trademark Classes
Choose the right Trademark Classes to protect your brand in the selected category. You can register more than one class for your brand.
Brand Naming Checklist
For Trademark Approval
- Name is not registered under MyIPO for the same class
- Name has more than 3 letters
- Name does NOT refer to your product / service
- Name does NOT refer to the quality of your product
- Name is NOT too commonly used by other brands
- Name does NOT come from globally known brand
- Name is NOT any place / location name
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- Name has NO MORE than 3 syllables
- Name is easily pronounced
- Pronounceable. Avoid acronyms (like APC)
- Name is easily spelled
- Name is NOT cliche
- Name suits your target market
- Name can have slight relation to your product / industry
*Disclaimer: Trademark certification is solely under MyIPO jurisdiction and is governed by the Trade Marks Act 1976 and the Trade Marks Regulations 1997. Absence of registered name in MyIPO system above, and following the above checklist does not guarantee successful registration of trademark.
Trademark FAQ
Frequently asked question regarding Trademark Registration in Malaysia
