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The Sun
20-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Airaz Technologies ordered to pay Siti Khadijah apparel RM1.7 million for infringing rid of Telekung Harmoni design
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered Airaz Technologies Sdn Bhd (Airaz) to pay RM1.7 million in damages to Siti Khadijah Apparel Sdn Bhd for copying and infringing the latter's registered Telekung Harmoni design. Judge Adlin Abdul Majid issued the order during an online damages assessment proceeding last March 6. Lawyer Ahmad Hafiz Zubir, representing Siti Khadijah Apparel and its director, Padzilah Enda, said the court ordered Airaz Technologies to pay RM1,216,015.20 in profits from the sale of the Telekung Suqainah products, which infringed the Telekung Harmoni design. 'The court also ordered Airaz Technologies to pay RM500,000 in compensatory and exemplary damages and RM5,000 in costs to Siti Khadijah Apparel,' the lawyer said when contacted today. On February 8 last year, Judge Azlan Sulaiman allowed a countersuit by Siti Khadijah Apparel and Padzilah after finding that Telekung Suqainah, owned by Airaz Technologies, imitated and infringed the industrial design of Telekung Harmoni. Judge Azlan also dismissed the suit filed by Airaz Technologies against Siti Khadijah Apparel and Padzilah seeking to revoke the registration of Siti Khadijah's Harmony telekung industrial designs. Airaz Technologies filed the suit on June 2, 2022, seeking to revoke the registered industrial designs of Siti Khadijah's Harmony telekung and for it to be removed from the Industrial Design Registration Record. On December 14, 2022, Siti Khadijah Apparel and Padzilah filed a countersuit claiming that there was a significant similarity in the design and pattern on the head and chin of Telekung Suqainah to Siti Khadijah's Harmoni telekung. Siti Khadijah Apparel claimed that the actions by Airaz Technologies in selling, advertising and distributing the Telekung Suqainah violated its industrial design rights and applied for a declaration order that Airaz Technologies violated the industrial design of its telekung design under Section 32 of the Industrial Design Act 1996.
The Sun
20-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Airaz to pay RM1.7m to Siti Khadijah for design infringement
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered Airaz Technologies Sdn Bhd (Airaz) to pay RM1.7 million in damages to Siti Khadijah Apparel Sdn Bhd for copying and infringing the latter's registered Telekung Harmoni design. Judge Adlin Abdul Majid issued the order during an online damages assessment proceeding last March 6. Lawyer Ahmad Hafiz Zubir, representing Siti Khadijah Apparel and its director, Padzilah Enda, said the court ordered Airaz Technologies to pay RM1,216,015.20 in profits from the sale of the Telekung Suqainah products, which infringed the Telekung Harmoni design. 'The court also ordered Airaz Technologies to pay RM500,000 in compensatory and exemplary damages and RM5,000 in costs to Siti Khadijah Apparel,' the lawyer said when contacted today. On February 8 last year, Judge Azlan Sulaiman allowed a countersuit by Siti Khadijah Apparel and Padzilah after finding that Telekung Suqainah, owned by Airaz Technologies, imitated and infringed the industrial design of Telekung Harmoni. Judge Azlan also dismissed the suit filed by Airaz Technologies against Siti Khadijah Apparel and Padzilah seeking to revoke the registration of Siti Khadijah's Harmony telekung industrial designs. Airaz Technologies filed the suit on June 2, 2022, seeking to revoke the registered industrial designs of Siti Khadijah's Harmony telekung and for it to be removed from the Industrial Design Registration Record. On December 14, 2022, Siti Khadijah Apparel and Padzilah filed a countersuit claiming that there was a significant similarity in the design and pattern on the head and chin of Telekung Suqainah to Siti Khadijah's Harmoni telekung. Siti Khadijah Apparel claimed that the actions by Airaz Technologies in selling, advertising and distributing the Telekung Suqainah violated its industrial design rights and applied for a declaration order that Airaz Technologies violated the industrial design of its telekung design under Section 32 of the Industrial Design Act 1996.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Bipartisan health committee members reject limits on syringe service programs
A sharps disposal box sits beside Needlepoint Sancutary's set up at Camp Hope, an unhoused encampment in Bangor. The syringe service program hands out provisions and clean syringes along with kits containing fentanyl testing strips and the overdose reversal drug Naloxone. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star) A majority of legislators on the health committee on Wednesday rejected a bill to limit the number of clean syringes certified programs can hand out, backing Maine's more flexible policy, which medical providers and harm reduction experts have vouched for. Penobscot County is currently experiencing an HIV outbreak, with 22 cases since last October (compared to one or two cases a year, in recent years). During the public hearing on the bill, health providers and operators of syringe service programs stressed the importance of access to clean needles in the light of this outbreak, citing research that supports the efficacy of these programs. But some municipalities have blamed expanded syringe services for syringe litter on sidewalks, public parks and private property. LD 216, introduced by Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio (D-Sanford), would limit the number of clean syringes needle exchanges can hand out, reverting to a one-for-one ratio that Maine allowed until 2022, before adopting new rules that allow participants to bring in just one used syringe to receive 100 clean ones. Maine Department of Health and Human Services also allows participants to receive up to 100 syringes, even if they don't bring any used ones in, at the discretion of the provider. Maine DHHS, which oversees the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, opposed the bill, arguing the 'proposed language is not supported by evidenced based practice, would limit access, and increases infectious disease transmission risk including HIV and Hepatitis C,' according to testimony by Maine CDC Director Dr. Puthiery Va. Needle exchanges face municipal pushback despite state, public health backing Both Republicans and Democrats on the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee said Wednesday that municipalities should decide what policies are best suited for needle exchanges in their communities, but the statewide ratio does not need to change. 'To me, it just sounds like a disposal issue,' Sen. Marianne Moore (R-Washington) said during the work session on the bill. 'However, it's local control, so each of the cities can do their own ordinance. So I personally think that we should just leave it up at 100, because it's been working other than the disposal part of it.' With the exception of a few votes, the vast majority of the health committee voted against Mastraccio's bill. That recommendation now heads to the full House and Senate to consider. Last November, Sanford passed an emergency ordinance to revert back to the one-for-one syringe ratio, which Mastraccio said appears to have reduced syringe litter. 'We believe the ordinance has reduced the number of discards greatly, and I have not heard of corresponding outbreaks of HIV or Hepatitis among the needle exchange population,' she said in public testimony. Amanda Campbell of the Maine Municipal Association also said many towns and cities supported the tighter restrictions on needle exchanges because they are 'concerned about the safety of their public works employees and their residents who are consistently exposed to used needle litter.' But according to the Maine CDC's syringe service report from 2023, released last May, most users bring in roughly the same amount of syringes they receive. Syringe services handed out 1.16 syringes for each one they collected last year, which means that despite some concern about the state's 100 to 1 ratio, the effective rate of exchange has not dramatically changed. Syringe service programs also provide sharps disposal containers and help reduce discarded waste in communities, according to Dr. Kinna Thakarar, a physician at Maine Medical Center and an associate professor at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Another solution lawmakers discussed is Portland's needle buyback program, which the city's public health director, Bridget Rauscher, said has helped reduce syringe litter by 76% and also resulted in a 58% increase in used syringe return. Participants can earn 10 cents per used needle they turn in, with a weekly cap of 200 syringes per person. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
The Independent
18-03-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Population aged 90 and over hits new high as more men live to old age
The UK population aged 90 and over has reached a new high, driven by an increase in the number of men living to a very old age. Some 611,719 people in the country were estimated to be 90 or over in 2023, up from 609,898 in 2022, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure has jumped 54% in 20 years, having stood at 397,793 in 2003. But while the number of men living to 90 or older is continuing to rise steadily, the number of women reaching this age has levelled off in recent years and fell slightly in the latest data. Women still account for the majority of people living to at least 90, with 408,216 females in this age group in 2023, or just over two-thirds of the total. But this number has risen by only around one-third from 304,498 in 2003. By contrast, the number of men aged 90 or over in 2023, 203,503, is more than double the 93,295 20 years earlier. 'The increasing number of men relative to women at older ages reflects improvements over several decades,' the ONS said. These include changes in lifestyle, such as reductions in smoking rates for men; better working conditions for males; and healthcare improvements, such as the prevention and treatment of heart disease. The gap between male and female life expectancy has narrowed since the early 1990s, meaning the number of men at older ages is catching up with the number of women. 'There were 2.0 women for every man aged 90 years and over in 2023, which is the lowest the sex ratio has ever been since the start of the time series in 1971,' the ONS added. The number of women aged 90 and over in 2023, 408,216, is down from 409,709 in 2022. Meanwhile, there were an estimated 16,140 people aged 100 or over in the UK in 2023, down very slightly from 16,200 the previous year. The number of centenarians rose overall by 35% between 2018 and 2023. Much of this rapid growth is a legacy of the spike in babies born in the years immediately after the end of the First World War in 1918. This led to a jump in the number of people turning 100-years-old in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The number of births started to drop in the early 1920s, which has resulted in a slower increase in the number of people reaching age 100 over the last couple of years. There were 23.6 centenarians per 100,000 population in the UK in 2023, up from 13.4 per 100,000 population in 2003.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Population aged 90 and over hits new high as more men live to old age
The UK population aged 90 and over has reached a new high, driven by an increase in the number of men living to a very old age. Some 611,719 people in the country were estimated to be 90 or over in 2023, up from 609,898 in 2022, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure has jumped 54% in 20 years, having stood at 397,793 in 2003. But while the number of men living to 90 or older is continuing to rise steadily, the number of women reaching this age has levelled off in recent years and fell slightly in the latest data. Women still account for the majority of people living to at least 90, with 408,216 females in this age group in 2023, or just over two-thirds of the total. But this number has risen by only around one-third from 304,498 in 2003. By contrast, the number of men aged 90 or over in 2023, 203,503, is more than double the 93,295 20 years earlier. 'The increasing number of men relative to women at older ages reflects improvements over several decades,' the ONS said. These include changes in lifestyle, such as reductions in smoking rates for men; better working conditions for males; and healthcare improvements, such as the prevention and treatment of heart disease. The gap between male and female life expectancy has narrowed since the early 1990s, meaning the number of men at older ages is catching up with the number of women. 'There were 2.0 women for every man aged 90 years and over in 2023, which is the lowest the sex ratio has ever been since the start of the time series in 1971,' the ONS added. The number of women aged 90 and over in 2023, 408,216, is down from 409,709 in 2022. Meanwhile, there were an estimated 16,140 people aged 100 or over in the UK in 2023, down very slightly from 16,200 the previous year. The number of centenarians rose overall by 35% between 2018 and 2023. Much of this rapid growth is a legacy of the spike in babies born in the years immediately after the end of the First World War in 1918. This led to a jump in the number of people turning 100-years-old in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The number of births started to drop in the early 1920s, which has resulted in a slower increase in the number of people reaching age 100 over the last couple of years. There were 23.6 centenarians per 100,000 population in the UK in 2023, up from 13.4 per 100,000 population in 2003.
