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Laws of Malaysia
Act 332
(7) For the purpose of this section, “any written law relating
to industrial design” includes:
(a) the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Act 1949
[Act 214];
(b) the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance of
Sabah [Sabah Cap. 152]; and
(c) the Designs (United Kingdom) Ordinance of Sarawak
[SWK Cap. 59].
Derivative works
8. (1) The following derivative works are protected as original
works:
(a) translations, adaptations, arrangements and other
transformations of works eligible for copyright; and
(b) collections of works eligible for copyright, or compilation
of mere data whether in machine readable or other form,
which constitute intellectual creation by reason of the
selection and arrangement of their contents.
(2) Protection of works referred to in subsection (1) shall be
without prejudice to any protection of the existing works used.
Copyright in published editions of works
9. (1) Copyright shall subsist, subject to the provisions of this
Act, in every published edition of any one or more literary, artistic
or musical work in the case of which either—
(a) the first publication of the edition took place in Malaysia;
or
(b) the publisher of the edition was a qualified person at the
date of the first publication thereof:
Provided that this subsection does not apply to an edition which
reproduces the typographical arrangement of a previous edition
of the same work or works.