{{Short description|Malaysian electronics company}} {{distinguish|Panasonic}} {{Infobox company | name = Pensonic Holdings Berhad | former_name = | logo = Pensonic logo.svg | caption = | type = Public limited company | traded_as = {{myx|9997}} | ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|MYL9997OO007}} | foundation = {{start date and age|1965}} | founder = Chew Weng Khak | location = Suite 16-1 (Penthouse Upper), Menara Penang Garden, 42A Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang | area_served = Malaysia<br>Philippines{{Clarification needed|date=November 2025}} | key_people = | products = | brands = Pensonic | industry = | parent = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|pensonic.com}} }} '''Pensonic Holdings Berhad''' (stylized as '''PENSONIC''') ({{myx|9997}}) is a Malaysian company that sells electrical appliances. It was founded by Chew Weng Khak in 1965 as a shop in Penang selling electrical appliances trading under the name of '''Keat Radio Co.''' with Chew as a sole proprietor. In 1982, Chew started the Pensonic brand name to produce locally manufactured electrical appliances.
== Dispute over name == In some markets, Panasonic has accused Pensonic of being a knockoff of former's through the similar brand name and affecting their market share, leading to lawsuits. Pensonic says that its the name was created by combining ''Penang'' and ''Sonic'' to mean the "sound of Penang".<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.pensonic.com/about-us/our-history |website=Pensonic |access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref>
In 2008, Panasonic won an injunction against Pensonic in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.managingip.com/Article/2041360/Panasonic-beats-Pensonic.html|title = Panasonic beats Pensonic}}</ref> In Sri Lanka, Pensonic successfully won a judgement to register its trademark in January 2009 against opposition by Panasonic. The judgment observed that Pensonic was previously registered in Malaysia, Japan, and many other countries without the objection of Panasonic.<ref>Judgment by D. M. Karunaratna, Director of Intellectual Properties on Application no. 99105</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.pensonic.com/ Official website]
{{Electronics industry in Malaysia|state=collapsed}}
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