10 Mar 2025
1. ) Reflex Media, Inc. 2. ) Clover8 Investments Pte. Ltd. 1. ) Endeavor Standard Sdn. Bhd. 2. ) Chan Eu Boon
- Citation
- WA-22IP-2-02/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-22IP-2-02/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Malaysian conflict of law rules apply to assess jurisdiction of foreign courts; presence in a foreign jurisdiction for jurisdictional purposes can be established by actively carrying on commercial activities or entering transactions with residents via domain addresses/websites (mere accessibility is insufficient); where such activities create a real and substantial connection, the foreign court had jurisdiction; statutory damages awarded by the U.S. court under its law are not penal in the public-law sense and are enforceable in Malaysia; accordingly the U.S. judgment was enforceable and was…