Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia Act 2002

This Act may be cited as the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia Act 2002.

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different dates for different provisions of this Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this

Act;

“prescribed”, where no manner of prescribing is provided, means prescribed from time to time by rules, regulations or orders published in the Gazette;

“rights” means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities, whether actual, contingent or prospective;

“committee” means any committee established under section 19;

“Director General” means the Director General of the Corporation appointed under section 11;

“Fund” means the Fund established under section 29;

“liabilities” means liabilities, debts, charges, duties and obligations of every description whether present or future, actual or contingent, and whether payable or to be observed or performed in Malaysia or elsewhere;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being responsible for intellectual property;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Marks, the Registrar of Patents, the Registrar of Industrial Designs and the Registrar of

Geographical Indications under the relevant Intellectual Property

Legislation;

“Controller” means the Controller of Copyright appointed under subsection 5(1) of the Copyright Act 1987 [Act 332];

“Chairman” means the Chairman appointed under section 6;

“Corporation” means the Intellectual Property Corporation of

Malaysia established under section 3;

“Intellectual Property Legislation” means the legislation specified in the First Schedule;

“record” includes record stored or recorded by means of a computer;

“vesting date” means the date on which properties, rights and liabilities specified by the Minister in the order under subsection 4(1) to which the Government of Malaysia, the

Registrar or Controller under the relevant Intellectual Property

Legislations, was entitled or subject to, are transferred to and vested in the Corporation;

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“appointed date” means the date on which this Act comes into operation;

“vested”, in relation to property, includes having rights to property which are future or contingent and rights in reversion or remainder.