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In June 2009 the National Assembly of Vietnam passed a new IP Law to amend a number of articles of the existing IP Law passed on November 2005, came into force on July 1, 2006. The “Amended IP Law” aims at encouraging innovation, improving IP

On November 5, 2003 the Ministry of Science and Technology issued Circular No. 30/2003/TT-BKHCN providing procedures for the acquisition of industrial property rights in inventions and utility solutions in Vietnam (“Circular 30”). Circular 30

On November 5, 2003 the Ministry of Science and Technology issued Circular No. 29/2003/TT-BKHCN providing procedures for the acquisition of industrial property rights to industrial designs  in Vietnam (“Circular 29”). Circular 29 is formu

In the process of improvement for the purpose of Vietnam’s joining the WTO, Vietnamese patent law has been revealed as having a number of shortcomings. This is unders

The question of how to combat counterfeiting effectively in Vietnam is always a tough one for trademark owners, due to the fact that the manufacture and trade of counterfeit goods in Vietnam have now become more and more sophisticated, and due to the grea

HCM CITY — The market management bureau in HCM City reported last Friday that the illegal trading, transportation and storage of smuggled goods had increased in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Anyone working against counterfeiters will surely have faced the dilemma of whether to react to a trademark infringement, when there is limited hope of accomplishing any real results.

The traditional copyright system’s balance for encouraging yet controlling access to copyrighted works in order to extract value for them has met with a destructive force in the internet that it cannot overcome without changing itself, the head of t

A set of draft amendments designed to strengthen trade mark protection and harmonise with international standards are under discussion in Taiwan

As it seeks to implement its commitments to international multilateral and bilateral treaties, Vietnam is planning to make amendments to its laws governing the protection of intellectual property (IP). Likewise, in preparation for signing other internatio

From the outset of the protection system of the Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, biotechnological inventions in Vietnam, which are commonly concerning (i) living organisms (e.g., plant/animal varieties; plants/animals; microorganisms) and element

Vietnam has had a formal legal framework for copyright protection since 1986, initially consisting of Decree No.142 and its related documents. The Ordinance on copyright protection replacing Decree No. 142 was passed in 1995. On July 1, 1996, the Civil Co