AI Issue 6 2017

120 Acquisition International - June 2017 Pro IP provide intellectual property services, solutions and advice for business’ in Uganda and across the world. ro IP is an internationally active intellectual property (IP) agency based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that helps clients to protect and manage their valuable IP in Malaysia and abroad. The company I an off-shoot of Bustaman, the specialist legal firm, which has focused on intellectual property law since 1995. While Bustaman continues to provide dedicated legal service, Pro IP, staffed by experienced and competent legal, technical and scientific individuals, offers a long list of intellectually property specialist services. Pro IP’s highly developed expertise in IP enables them to devise a comprehensive legal safeguard for client’s ideas, innovations and brands. They have a great store of legal and technical knowledge, and a rich treasury of experience to provide the vision and guidance to arm the budding inventors, entrepreneurs, small- and medium-sized companies, universities, research institutions, as well as global players locally and abroad to reap the benefits of a comprehensively secured and carefully managed IP portfolio. Pro IP are passionate about their services and industry. Their personal interest and enthusiasm in what they do means that clients can lay a solid foundation for their commercial success. Whether an individual entrepreneur or a start-up company, a research institution or multinational, a SME or a standards body, pro IP can help organisations to protect and manage their IP worldwide. The unique selling point surrounding Pro IP is their understanding of technology as well as the law. they have an accomplished team of legal experts and legally trained professionals from various scientific backgrounds with vast experience in handling IP fittings and prosecution in Malaysia and abroad. When it comes to protecting client’s Company: Pro IP Sdn Bhd Name: Muhd. Irfan Mustaqim Awang Email: [email protected] Web Address: pro-ip.com.my Address: Lot C9-3, Jalan Selaman 1, Dataran Palma, 68000 Ampany, Selangor, Malaysia, Phone: +603-42701959 Intellectual Property Protection in Uganda P 1702AI82 IP, they are the experts who attend to technical and scientific details of innovations, provide legal support for trademark strategies, and deal with special aspect of product styling each and every day. In order to give the best possible protection for products, processes, brands, designs or other IP, they get involved from the development stage until it is ready to be introduced into the market. Pro IP can handle all contentious legal work on their client’s behalf. When it comes to contentious work such as patent, trademark and copyright infringement, disputes and piracy, Pro IP, through its legal associate Bustaman - which has a panel of IP specialist lawyers - acts swiftly and decisively against those who try to or succeed in infringing on client’s IP rights. Pro IP work at a competitive and fixed cost. They believe that their fees are very competitive and unlike many other IP firms they do not generally charge by the billable hour. They work by providing fixed cost estimations for patents, trademarks and design filings in Malaysia for each step upfront so that clients have an opportunity to budget for these services accurately from the start. Pro IP’s in-house database system enables the company to manage their client’s IP in a more efficient manner, from pendency of an application through the registration and post-registration period. Pro IP provide a complete solution for all IP rights on a global scale-throughout Asia, Europe, Americas, Africa and Oceanic continent. Their close working relationship with their network of patent and trademark attorneys all over the world allows them to give clients the right advice no matter where they are seeking patent protection. In short, Pro IP provide a single point of contact based in Malaysia to deal with all of their client’s IP portfolios throughout the word, which, in turn maximises time effectiveness and ensures a smooth communication process. The Pro IP team can also help to organise in-house talks and seminars on IP. They also organise IP clinics to help clients to identify the IP for protection through a more effective approach. Intellectual Property Protection in Uganda “Pro IP are passionate about their services and industry. Their personal interest and enthusiasm in what they do means that clients can lay a solid foundation for their commercial success.”