Malaysia legislation

Section 64

of PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 64

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 86

the following section:

“Intellectual Property Official Journal 86a.  (1)  The Registrar shall publish an Intellectual Property

(a)

all matters relating to patent application and patent which are required to be published under this Act or any regulations made under this Act; and

(b)

such other information or matters relating to patent application and patent as the Registrar thinks necessary.

(2)

The Registrar shall make available the Official Journal to any person upon receipt of the payment of the prescribed fee.

(3)

Publication in the Official Journal shall constitute sufficient notice of any matter required to be published under this Act or any regulations made under this Act.

(4)

A copy of the Official Journal shall on its production in any legal proceedings be admitted as evidence without further proof being given that the copy was so published.

(5)

A copy of the Official Journal shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(6)

Where the Official Journal is published in more than one form, the date of publication of the Official Journal shall be deemed to be the date the Official Journal is first published in any form.”.

Amendment of section 87