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You have spent two years making the name mean something.
A copycat appeared. An investor asked. The name still isn't yours.
10 years
yours to renew, not re-earn
What a trademark registration actually gives you
Four, and only four
EXCLUSIVE
Nationwide right
Enforceable against copycats, across Malaysia.
ASSET
Something to own
Licensed, franchised, or sold — and it sits on the books.
TERM
Ten years
Renewable indefinitely, in further ten-year terms.
WORD / LOGO
Two filings
The name in any font, or the design — strongest together.
+ government fees: RM 950 per class on MyIPO's Pre-Approved List, RM 1,050 if not
+ 9–12 months, filing to registration, if nothing is contested
What it looks like
A registration is a fee — a defensive cost of doing business.
What's actually true
It is the only part of your brand you can actually own: licensable, franchisable, sellable.
It is also, in practice, the first document a franchise partner, an investor, or a marketplace asks to see.
And what you've built so far doesn't transfer
The following, the reputation, the reorders are real — and none of it is assignable by name alone.
MyIPO's register recognises what is filed, not what is remembered. Unregistered, the name goes with the goodwill in a sale — argued, not scheduled. Registered, it is a line on the schedule. True whichever agent files it.
The one question that decides this
Anyone can file a trademark. Almost nobody tracks what happens to it after.
What happens at registration
Any competent trademark filing agent does everything below, the same as OCTIS — the difference only starts after the certificate is issued:
The mechanism they can't have
A trademark registration with MyIPO, Malaysia's trademarks registry, lasts ten years and lapses unless renewed by a set date — here is what happens to the certificate after it is issued, and who is watching that date:
Month 0
Filed and searched — same company secretary who already holds your registers
Month 9–12
Certificate issues — logged onto the compliance calendar we already run for you
Year 10
Renewal falls due — a date someone here already watches
Whenever it's asked for
Investor check, franchise partner, sale — already a line on the schedule
Our fee to file one trademark application, per class, on top of the separate MyIPO government fee:
No independent market benchmark was supplied for this service. The range above is ours, published as filed — not weighed against a figure we can't source.
Which one applies depends on how the specification is drafted — part of what the filing fee buys, not a separate service.
How long a trademark stays registered before it needs renewing, and what happens once that period ends:
File on faith, or file on evidence
Both options file the same application with MyIPO; the only difference is whether a full search for identical or similar marks is run first:
Basic Application
RM 830RM 700/ class + gov fees
- Filing, class recommendation, specification drafting
- MyIPO submission and status updates
- No search — filing on your own confidence
All-in-One
RM 1,780RM 1,300/ class + gov fees
- Everything in Basic Application
- Comprehensive identical + similar search
- Registrability, risk, and chance-of-success indication
Search first
All-in-One is the recommendation, not the upsell
MyIPO does not refund the government fee if it refuses your application. So a RM 600 search protects RM 950 to RM 1,050 per class of non-refundable fee — which is the whole reason All-in-One is the recommendation rather than the upsell.
Government fees
Paid to MyIPO, on top of our fee
Government fees are paid directly to MyIPO, per class, and are additional: RM 950 per class if your goods and services are on MyIPO's Pre-Approved List, RM 1,050 if they are not. How the specification is drafted decides which applies, and that drafting is part of what you are buying.
Expanding beyond Malaysia
Global filing is contact-for-enquiry
Territories and the treaty route are confirmed at enquiry, not fixed in advance.
Not covered
- Government fees are not included in our fee — paid directly to MyIPO, per class
- MyIPO does not refund the government fee if your application is refused
- Enforcing the mark against a copycat is a separate engagement — not included, and outside the Business Lawyer Plan too
What's the difference between Basic and All-in-One?
Basic files on your own confidence — the name and classes you're already sure of. All-in-One runs the comprehensive search first — identical and similar marks, availability, registrability, and a chance-of-success indication — then files. MyIPO does not refund the government fee if it refuses your application. So a RM 600 search protects RM 950 to RM 1,050 per class of non-refundable fee — which is the whole reason All-in-One is the recommendation rather than the upsell.
How much are MyIPO's government fees?
Government fees are paid directly to MyIPO, per class, and are additional: RM 950 per class if your goods and services are on MyIPO's Pre-Approved List, RM 1,050 if they are not. How the specification is drafted decides which applies, and that drafting is part of what you are buying.
How long does registration take?
Nine to twelve months from filing to registration, for a straightforward application with no objection or opposition. That's MyIPO's examination timetable, not ours.
If someone copies my brand after I register, will you handle it?
Registration gives you an enforceable nationwide right, which is what makes acting on it possible. Enforcing it is a separate engagement — it's outside the Business Lawyer Plan too, so we'd rather say that now than have you assume it's included.
You have spent years making the name mean something. It still isn't yours.
Search it, then file it. Nine to twelve months from now, it is an asset.