Patent protection in Malaysia is governed by the Patents Act 1983 and can be obtained by filing a direct national application or by entering the national phase of a Patent Cooperation Treaty application ( PCT). There are two classifications of patents that an applicant can choose from when applying, the standard patent or design patent and the utility patent. Regarding the requirements for the Malaysian patent application, the applicant must file the patent with the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), in Kuala Lumpur, or at its branches located in Sabah and Sarawak. According to information available on the MyIPO website, any person or company can apply for a patent by filing a standard patent application. The standard patent term is 20 years. Although each case is different, the patent application generally consists of two phases. The first phase is the submission of the patent application to MyIPO. The minimum requirement or information required to secure a filing date includes: a) name and address of the applicant, name, b) address and citizenship of the inventor, c) the "specification", including the title of the invention, the history of the invention, the accompanying drawings, the details of the invention in English, the description in general terms and teaches the public how to make and use itd) a set of one or more "claims" which are certified documents of priority and power of attorney that describes exactly the products or processes that would be protected by the patent. These claims are the essence of an invention and, as such, applicants should take particular care to document their claims to ensure they obtain the broadest possible protection for their invention. After filing a patent application... half of the paper. .....ention of his famous stove, quoting “...as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of the opportunity of serving others with any of our inventions; and we should do this freely and generously." and objectives. For companies that prefer to compete in the free market, copyrighted software is sufficient to protect the legal rights of the software created. For companies whose primary goal is to collect licensing fees and back-end agreements that come with patent protection, it is advisable to seek patent protection. For me, copyright is more than sufficient to recognize an invention and enforce the inventor's rights.