Azlan Sulaiman JC:

JUDGMENT

(after trial)

A. Introduction

[1]I believe this to be the second case involving the MOPU Sepat.

[2]“MOPU” is an acronym for “Mobile Offshore Production Unit”; Sepat refers to an offshore oil-field situated about 130 miles off the coast of Kuala Terengganu; and the first case occurred a few years ago.

[3]That first case was Kuala Lumpur High Court Civil Suit No: WA-22IP-63-11/2015 (“Petrofac Suit”). The Plaintiff here, Kingtime International Ltd (“Kingtime”), was the 1^st Plaintiff. Kingtime is the owner of Patent No. MY144898-A (“Patent 898”) and Patent No. MY145004-A (“Patent 5004”) (“collectively, “the Patents”). In that first case, Kingtime sued a company called Petrofac Sdn Bhd (“Petrofac”), for infringement of the Patents under s. 59 of the Patents Act, 1983s. 56 of the Act. The subject matter in the Petrofac Suit was the MOPU Sepat, which Petrofac had constructed. The High Court found for Kingtime, allowing its claim for infringement against Petrofac and dismissing Petrofac’s counterclaim for invalidation.

[4]The subject matter of these two Suits is again the MOPU Sepat. This time around, by the first suit, Kuala Lumpur High Court Civil Suit No: WA-22IP-55