MYIPO TERMS AND CONDITIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. This website or portal (including such services as may be made available on and/or through this
website or portal) (“Website/Portal”) is owned and operated by Intellectual Property Corporation of
Malaysia (“MyIPO”) and its approved third-party vendors. Your access and/or use of this
Website/Portal are governed by these Terms and Conditions including any amendments thereto which
MyIPO,
at its sole discretion, may make from time to time (collectively referred to as the “Terms and
Conditions”). MyIPO has the right at any time, to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of
this Website/Portal, including but not limited to the content and availability. You are advised to
refer to the Terms and Conditions each time you access and/or use this Website/Portal to ascertain
and understand any deletion, modifications, variations and/or additions that may be made to the
Terms and Conditions from time to time and you shall be deemed to have agreed to and accepted the
Terms and Conditions, including such deletions, modifications, variations and/or additions each time
you access and/or use this Website/Portal.
2. Some of the services of MyIPO are subject to other applicable terms and conditions governing the
provision of such services. These Terms and Conditions are meant to govern your access and/or use of
this Website/Portal and are to be read together with the applicable terms and conditions governing
any transactions, products and/or services provided by MyIPO. In the event of conflict
between these Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions governing the relevant transactions,
products and/or services, the latter shall prevail.
DISCLAMER
3. Some of the services of MyIPO are subject to other applicable terms and conditions governing the
provision of such services. These Terms and Conditions are meant to govern your access and/or use of
this Website/Portal and are to be read together with the applicable terms and conditions governing
any transactions, products and/or services provided by MyIPO. In the event of conflict between
these Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions governing the relevant transactions,
products and/or services, the latter shall prevail.
3.1 accuracy, suitability, completeness or timeliness of use for any purpose whatsoever of
such content;
3.2 accuracy or reliability of any of the sources from which such content are derived
(whether
credited or otherwise);
3.3 title, merchantability or fitness for particular purpose of any product or service listed
on or
directed to by this Website/Portal;
3.4 non-infringement of intellectual property rights of any third party;
3.5 payment and delivery obligations that may arise as a result of the use of the content of
this
Website/Portal;
3.6 confidentiality of any information disclosed to any party, person or entity listed on or
directed to by this Website/Portal; or
3.7 viability or feasibility of any business opportunity, model or any type of investment
whatsoever.
4. or the avoidance of doubt, MyIPO hereby expressly disclaims any and all liability of any
nature and
does not provide any warranties, express or implied for any loss or damage howsoever caused in
connection with
or arising from the browsing, downloading, uploading or the use of, reliance on or inability to use
any of the content
of this Website/Portal, or from any action or decision taken as a result the browsing, downloading,
uploading or the
use of or reliance on any of the content of this Website/Portal.
5. You acknowledge and agree that MyIPO, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents,
or any of them, shall in no event or in any manner be liable to any user of this Website/Portal for
any damages or losses of any kind or nature, including, but not limited to, direct, incidental or
consequential damages, loss of income, loss of profit or anticipated profit, loss of goodwill or
reputation, arising out of the use of, access to or any manner connected with this Website/Portal,
it’s content, material or services even if MyIPO, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and
agents, as the case may be, has been advised of the possibility of such damages resulting from use
of, access to or any manner connected with this Website/Portal, its content, material or services.
Nothing in this Terms and Conditions shall limit our liability or the liability of our officers,
directors, employees, affiliates and agents as the case may be for death or personal injury
resulting from our or their negligence.
COOKIE/TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
6. This Website/Portal may use cookie and other tracking technologies depending on the features
offered. Cookie and tracking technologies are useful for gathering information such as browser type
and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the site, and understanding how visitors
use the site. Cookies can also help customize the site for visitors. The cookies used in this
Website/Portal will not identify the IP address and individual user.
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
7. MyIPO’s PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT (“STATEMENT”) sets out the general terms regarding the
manner in which personal data is processed by MyIPO. If you provide personal data to MyIPO by
accessing and/or using this Website/Portal, you are deemed to have consented to the processing of
the personal data by MyIPO in the manner set out in the said Statement.
INDEMNITY
8. By using and/or accessing this Website/Portal, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold MyIPO, its
officers, directors, employees, vendors, affiliates and agents harmless of and from any claims,
suits, proceedings, demands, damages, costs or expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorney’s fees and costs (including expert witness costs and other costs of any such suit or
proceeding), and liabilities of any kind or nature, arising out of or related to a violation of
these Terms and Conditions, any content that you use, post or transmit through this Website/Portal,
your conduct on the Website/Portal or violation of any rights of any third party (including, but not
limited to, any assertions of infringement of intellectual property rights.)
USER CONDUCT
9. You shall use this Website/Portal for lawful purposes only. In this regard, you further
acknowledge and agree not to:
9.1 upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, link directly or indirectly, distribute or
otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, embarrassing, abusive,
harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent,
hateful, racially or ethnically discriminatory, invasive of another’s privacy, contains explicit or
graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts or violence, discriminates , victimizes, degrades or
intimidates an individual or a group of individuals based on religion, gender, sexual preferences,
race, age, or disability, promotes or provides any instructional information of violence, illegal
activities or sexual misconduct or cruelty to animals;
9.2 impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or
entity;
9.3 forge or manipulate headers and/or identifiers to disguise the origin of any context or use
any service as storage for remote loading or as a door/signpost to another homepage or
website;
9.4 upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any content that
is not yours or which you do not have any right, whether legally, contractually or through a
fiduciary relationship or otherwise, to the said content;
9.5 upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any content that
infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any
individual or entity;
9.6 upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any content or
form of solicitation including, but not limited to any advertising, promotional materials, “junk
mail”, “spam”, “chain-letters”, or “pyramid schemes” UNLESS such form of solicitation is expressly
permitted by MyIPO for such a designated purpose. However, such proviso does NOT apply to any “junk
mail”, “spam, “chain-letters”, or “pyramid schemes” or other generic forms;
9.7 upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any material
that is infected with software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or any other infections or
any other computer code, files or programmes designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or to carry out
any other similarly destructive activity;
9.8 act in any manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in this
Website/Portal or use any of the services herein
9.9 engage in any activity that is contrary to or which would adversely affect the purpose or
intention of this Website/Portal;
9.10 engage in any manner that is interfering and/or disrupting or in breach of the procedures,
policies or regulations of any of the servers or networks connected to this Website/Portal;
9.11 intentionally, in a negligent manner or innocently violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law currently in force (including without limitation those governing
export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising)
or otherwise create any liability for MyIPO or its affiliates; and
9.12 shall not undertake any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or
networks used by MyIPO and/or any other user and you shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access
to such computer systems or networks.
CONTROL AND MONITORING
10. You acknowledge and agree that, where any material in any form or manner is created, maintained,
uploaded, posted, published, e-mailed, reproduced, distributed or otherwise transmitted by any
third-party user, MyIPO will not pre-screen, control, monitor, guarantee, review or edit any such
material. However, MyIPO has the discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without providing any
reason, to modify, add, delete or refuse, in whole or in part, any material in any form or manner,
if MyIPO is of the opinion that such material is in breach of the spirit of any of the Terms and
Conditions or is undesirable, inaccurate or untrue.
11. You acknowledge and agree that MyIPO may disclose and inform any authorities of any material in
any form or manner created, maintained, uploaded, posted, published, e-mailed, reproduced,
distributed or otherwise transmitted by you if, in the sole and absolute discretion of MyIPO and
without reference to you or any person(s) whatsoever, it be necessary or compulsory to comply with
any authorities, legal or otherwise, or necessary or compulsory to comply with any valid claims that
such material has violated any third party rights, property or the personal safety of MyIPO, its
affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assignees, or of the general
public.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
12. Unless otherwise stated, all content within this Website/Portal including but not limited to,
the rights to the look and feel of this Website/Portal, any headers and titles, text, graphics,
images, audio and video clips, software, title, logo, trademark, marks, patents and legend or any
other proprietary rights are either owned by MyIPO or have been licensed to or have been consented
to MyIPO by the respective owners of those rights for use in the Website/Portal and are protected in
accordance with the applicable intellectual property laws. You hereby acknowledge and agree that
MyIPO shall have the exclusive rights conferred to it under law and shall be entitled to institute
any legal action or proceedings for any infringement, breach or default of its rights.
13. You hereby agree that MyIPO shall be indemnified for any damages, costs of solicitors and any
interest charged for the defense of MyIPO, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents,
successors or assignees, against any other individual or entity arising from your violation of any
of the Terms and Conditions.
LINKED SITES
14. This Website/Portal may contain links to third party websites. You acknowledge and agree that
MYIPO will not be held liable, directly or otherwise, or is in any way responsible of the content of
the third-party websites you access to since MyIPO does not review, control or examine the content
of the third-party websites. Further, MyIPO’s linking to such third-party websites or posting of
materials or advertising of such third party websites is not an endorsement of or representation
concerning these third party websites, materials, products or services. All title, logo, trademark
and intellectual property rights in the content of any third-party websites is the property of the
respective owner of such linked websites and may be protected by applicable copyright or other
intellectual property laws or treaties. You are hereby advised to read the terms and conditions and
any policy that governs the particular third-party website. MyIPO has the right and the sole
discretion to add, change, decline or remove, without any notice, any feature or link to any of the
linked sites from this Website/Portal. You may only link another website to this Website/Portal with
MyIPO’s prior permission. MyIPO’s agreement to link with any other website should not be interpreted
or represented to be an endorsement by MyIPO of any product, position, entity or organization.
REGISTERED USERS / CONTRIBUTORS
15. Usage of certain products and services in this Website/Portal may require registration. In such
case where registration is required, you are identified as a “Registered User” upon the completion
of the applicable registration process and you shall agree as follows:
15.1 You shall be responsible for the confidentiality of the user account established for you,
including the user ID and password assigned to and/or created for the user account.
15.2 You shall be responsible for all uses and the content of your user account.
15.3 If you have registered as a business entity, you represent that:
15.3.1 you have the authority to bind the entity to the Terms and Conditions of this
Website/Portal;
15.3.2 the address you use when registering is the principal place of business of such
business entity; and
15.3.3 all other information submitted to the MyIPO and this Website/Portal during the
registration process is true, accurate, current and complete.
15.4 MyIPO reserves its right to suspend or terminate a Registered User’s account at any
time.
15.5 You as a Registered User may not sell, attempt to sell, offer to sell, give, assign or
otherwise transfer a user account, ID or password to a third party without the prior written consent
of MyIPO. MyIPO may suspend or terminate the account of a Registered User or the transferee of a
Registered User in the event of a sale, offer to sell, gift, assignment or transfer in violation of
this section.
15.6 MyIPO also reserves the right to refuse registration and deny the issuance of an account
and/or any other related account and associated user ID and password to any user for any
reason.
16. By submitting any idea, suggestion, feedback, comment, proposal, materials, information and/or
document (“Contributions”) through this Website/Portal, you acknowledge and agree that:
16.1 The Contributions do not contain any confidential or proprietary information and
MyIPO is not under any confidentiality obligation, express or implied, with respect to the
Contributions; and
16.2 The Contributions automatically become the property of MyIPO without any obligation of
MyIPO to you, unless provided otherwise by the law.
17. No sales agency relationship is created between you and MyIPO, our affiliates, directors,
officers, agents or employees by virtue of MyIPO’s display of any of your information on this
Website/Portal or its relevant micro-site.
18. You hereby represent, warrant and agree to:
18.1 provide MyIPO with true, accurate, current and complete information to be displayed on
this Website/Portal and/or the relevant micro-site; and
18.2 maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate, current and
complete.
19. You hereby represent, warrant and agree that you have obtained all necessary third party
copyright, trademark, trade secrets or patent licenses and permissions, or such other licenses or
permissions as may be required in connection with any other personal or proprietary rights of any
third party, for any material or information you posts on this Website/Portal and/or the relevant
micro-site or provide to MyIPO or authorize MyIPO to display. Third party copyrights, trademarks,
trade secret rights, patents and other personal or proprietary rights affecting or relating to
material or information displayed on this Website/Portal and/or the relevant micro-site, or
affecting or relating to the products and services that are made available or displayed on this
Website/Portal and/or the relevant micro-site, are hereafter referred to as “Third Party Rights.”
You hereby represent, warrant and agree that you shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any
material or information that you post on this Website/Portal and/or the relevant micro-site or
provide to MyIPO or authorize MyIPO to display does not, violate any Third Party Rights, or is
posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights.
20. You hereby represent, warrant and agree that information which you have submitted to MyIPO for
display on this Website/Portal and/or the relevant micro-site shall be in accordance with the User
Conduct stated in this Terms and Conditions.
21. You hereby grant an irrevocable, perpetual, paid-up in full, worldwide and royalty-free,
sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) license to MyIPO to display and use all information provided
by you in accordance with this Terms and Conditions and to exercise the copyright, publicity, and
database rights you have in such material or information, in any media now known or not currently
known.
22. MyIPO reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any material displayed on the relevant
micro-site which it reasonably believes is unlawful, could subject MyIPO to liability, violates this
Terms and Conditions or is otherwise found inappropriate in MyIPO’s sole and absolute discretion.
MyIPO reserves the right to cooperate fully with governmental authorities, private investigators
and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing. You
agree that MyIPO shall have no liability to you, including no liability for consequential or any
other damages, in the event MyIPO takes any of the actions mentioned in this section, and that you
agree to bear the risk that MyIPO may take in connection with any such actions.
MISCELLANEOUS
23. MyIPO retains the right, at any time and without any notice or cause, to discontinue this
Website/Portal and any services made available on and/or through this Website/Portal.
24. You acknowledge and agree that the laws of Malaysia shall govern the Terms and Conditions, and
the courts of Malaysia shall have jurisdiction in connection to any claim and dispute involving
MyIPO, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors or assignees. Users who
choose to access this Website/Portal from other locations other than Malaysia shall do so on their
own initiative and are personally responsible to comply with all applicable local laws affecting or
being applicable to the particular user.
25. If any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions are deemed to be illegal, void or
unenforceable for any reason, then such offending provision shall be deemed to be severed from these
Terms and Conditions and the remaining unaffected Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force
and effect. Any failure by MyIPO to enforce any Term and Condition shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of any right to enforce such Term and Condition in the future.