1. ) TERMGUARD PTY LTD 2. ) TERMGUARD ASIA SDN BHD v RAPIDKILL PEST CONTROL (KL) SDN BHD

wa-22ip-26-04-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 7 September 2023 • WA-22IP-26-04/2020 • 43 min read

36 cases cited (0 SG, 36 foreign)

Catchwords

In this case, Plaintiffs’ claims amongst others is for ownership of the copyright under the Copyright Act 1987. This Court had partially allowed the Plaintiffs’ claims and declared that copyright subsists in the Plaintiffs’ Works and that the 1st Plaintiff is the lawful owner of the copyright in the Plaintiffs’ Works however the Defendant did not infringe the Plaintiffs’ copyright as although there exist objective similarities between the Defendant’s Infringing Product and the Plaintiffs’ Works, the Plaintiffs failed to show that the objective similarities are substantial and hence, the conclusion.

Judges (1)

Mohd Radzi bin Harun Delivered

Counsel (7)

CP Khon & Tan Firm Ngeh & Co Firm Chong XinTian Counsel Defendant Choo Hong Seng Counsel Defendant Lourdes Abishegam Counsel Plaintiff Maggie Khon Chee Peng Counsel Defendant Nga Koo Koy Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

RAPIDKILL PEST CONTROL Sdn Bhd Defendant TERMGUARD ASIA Sdn Bhd Plaintiff TERMGUARD PTY LTD Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (36)

UK (4)

[1963] Ch 587 [1981] 1 WLR 246 [1995] 1 All ER 577 [2007] UKHL 21

MY (32)

[1974] 1 MLJ 28 [1987] 2 MLJ 359 [1993] 3 MLJ 217 [1993] 4 CLJ 201 [1995] 2 CLJ 581 [2003] 5 CLJ 103 [2005] 1 CLJ 200 [2008] 1 CLJ 46 [2008] 3 MLJ 451 [2008] 6 CLJ 223 [2008] 6 CLJ 915 [2008] 6 MLJ 99 [2009] 2 CLJ 15 [2009] 3 MLJ 525 [2009] 7 CLJ 1 [2009] 8 CLJ 10 [2009] 8 CLJ 130 [2010] 6 CLJ 334 [2010] 9 MLJ 648 [2012] 1 MLJ 585 [2012] 8 CLJ 645 [2012] MLJU 1753 [2013] MLJU 866 [2015] 1 CLJ 887 [2015] 3 MLJ 1 [2015] 7 CLJ 849 [2015] 7 MLJ 243 [2015] MLJU 2347 [2017] MLJU 1576 [2022] 2 CLJ 661 [2022] 2 MLJ 67 [2022] 8 CLJ 32

Judgment

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