Company sues former employee

01-12-2012

Chew Kherk Ying and Sonia Ong

In the Malaysian case of BT Engineering Sdn Bhd v Team United Resources Sdn Bhd and Anor (May 2012), the High Court addressed issues of patent infringement, copyright infringement and breach of confidentiality.

In the Malaysian case of BT Engineering Sdn Bhd v Team United Resources Sdn Bhd and Anor (May 2012), the High Court addressed issues of patent infringement, copyright infringement and breach of confidentiality.

The plaintiff and the first defendant were both involved in the business of automatic gates. The second defendant, the plaintiff’s former employee/consultant, later joined the first defendant as its director and shareholder.

The plaintiff successfully patented an improvised automatic folding gate comprising a combination of new features, and the defendants later created a similarly designed automatic gate. This resulted in the plaintiff alleging that the first defendant had infringed its patent and copyright in the design drawings.


BT Engineering, Team United Resources, automatic gates

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