Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN was enacted on February 14, 2007. The Circular comprises 5 chapters and 67 articles defining procedures for establishment of industrial property rights; procedures for registration subjects of IP: invention, Layout designs, industrial design, marks, geographical indications etc; procedures for registration of contracts on assignment of industrial property rights and procedures for making decisions on compulsory licensing of patents; industrial property representation; assurance of industrial property information. This Circular came into force on May 6, 2007.
