Geneva Act of Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, 1999
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs was adopted in July 2, 1999. The object relate to this Agreement is Industrial designs. Hague Agreement established an international system that is a crucial foundation to protect industrial designs in multiple countries with minial fomarlities. The provisions of this...
Riyadh Design Law Treaty: A Global Turning Point in Simplifying Industrial Design Protection
On November 22, 2024, in Riyadh, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) officially adopted the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT). This is a historical milestone aimed at establishing common standards for the application and management of industrial designs, helping designers protect their work internationally more easily, quickly, and cost-effectively....
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AMENDMENT 2025: FROM PROCEDURAL REFORM TO REPOSITING INTELLECTUAL ASSETS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
On December 10, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual Property, which will take effect from April 1, 2026.
From a policy perspective, this is not just a technical adjustment but the next step in the restructuring process...
Patent Cooperation treaty (PCT)
Patent Cooperation Treaty was passed on at Washington on June 19, 1970 and modified on February 3, 1984, and on October 3, 2001. PCT comprises 8 chapters and 69 articles and came in force on April 1, 2002. The Patent Cooperation Treaty assists applicants in finding protection internationally for...
Customs Law, 2001:
The Customs Law was passed on June 29, 2001, came into force on January 1, 2002 and was amended in June 2005.
The section 5 of the Customs Law is devoted to intellectual property. It contains 3 articles (articles 57, 58 and 59) setting up the conditions of the customs...
Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations, 2002:
The Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations was passed on July 2, 2002 and came into force on October 1, 2002. It was amended in 2008 by the new Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations. The Ordinance foresees general provisions in case of administrative violations and also regulates the...
Criminal Code, 2009
The Criminal Code was passed on June 29, 2009 and came into force on January 1, 2010. It created a few new rules amending and supplementing some articles of the former Criminal Code, 1999.
When it comes to intellectual property provisions, only two changes in the Criminal Code, 2009 are...
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) was adopted on December 2, 1961 including 37 articles and came into force on August 10, 1968.
The purpose of this Convention is to ensure that the members of Union acknowledge the achievements of breeders of new varieties of...
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989)
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks was adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989. This is comprised of 16 articles. The system makes it possible to protect a mark in a large number of countries by obtaining an international registration that has effect...
Civil Code, 2005:
The Civil Code was passed on June 14, 2005 and came into force on January 1, 2006. It replaced the former Civil Code, 1995, which had codified all existing legislations on civil matters and created the legal foundation for ownership and civil rights. It also replaced all former regulations...
Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Swiss Federal Council on the Protection of Intellectual Property and on Co-operation in the Field of Intellectual Property
Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Swiss Federal Council on the Protection of Intellectual Property and on Co-operation in the Field of Intellectual Property was adopted on 6 and 7 July 1993. The Agreement comprises 9 articles and 2 Annex providing for an...
The Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Penal Code
National Assembly promulgated the Law amending and supplementing some articles of penal code which was passed on June, 19, 2009 under no. 37/2009/QH12. Two articles including 170, 171 which relate to Intellectual property (IP) were amended and supplemented. Particularly, article 170a is “Infringing upon copyright and related rights”. This...
ORDINANCE Appeal 2006
Under no. 29/2006/PL-UBTVQH, Ordinance amending and supplementing a number of articles of Ordinance on procedures for the settlement of Administrative cases was promulgated. This Ordinance amends and supplements a number of articles of May 21, 1996 Ordinance on Procedures for the Settlement of Administrative case, which was amended and...
Decision No.30/2006/QD-BYT of September 30, 2006 of the Minister of Health on procedures related to the security of data of drug registration records
Decision No.30/2006/QD-BYT was passed on September 30, 2006 including 3 articles. The Decision was enacted together with this Decision the Regulation on data security of drug registration records.
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Decision No.30/2006/QD-BYT
CIRCULAR No. 01/2008/TT- BKHCN Guiding the grant and withdrawal of industrial property assessor cards and certificates for industrial property assessment organizations.
CIRCULAR No. 01/2008/TT- BKHCN was enacted on February 25, 2008 regulates procedures for granting and withdrawing of industrial property certificate of assessor card and industrial property assessment organizations. Following this Circular, subjects of industrial property assessment comprise: Assessment of inventions and semi-conductor integrated circuit layout designs, Assessment of industrial...
