Customs Law
Customs Law was promulgated by National Assembly of Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The goal of This Law is contributing to implementing the State’s policies on economic, cultural, social, scientific and technology development, international cooperation and exchange; and protecting national sovereignty and security, interest of the State, Legitimate rights, interests...
Decree No. 106/2006/ND-CP of September 22, 2006, providing for sanction of Administrative Violations in the field of intellectual property
Decree No. 106/2006/ND-CP was adopted on September 22, 2006. This Decree provides for administrative violations in the domain of intellectual property, sanctioning forms and levels, sanctioning competent and procedures as well as remedies. The Decree is composed of 5 chapters and 37 articles and entered into force on October...
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) was adopted in Geneva on December 20, 1996 including 5 chapters and 33 articles. The treaty emphasizes the need to maintain a balance between the rights of performers and producers of phonograms and the larger public interest, particularly education, research and access to...
Science and Technology Law, 2000:
The Law on Science and Technology was passed on June 9, 2000 and came into force on January 1, 2001. The aim of this law is to regulate scientific and technological organizations and activities.
A few articles of the law contain specific provisions about intellectual property. Firstly, article 2-8 explains...
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...
Trademark Law Treaty (TLT)
Trademark Law treaty was passed on October 27, 1994 consisting of 25 articles. The goal of this Treaty is to standardize and streamline national and regional trademark registration procedures by simplifying of certain features of those procedures. That reason why trademark applications and administration of trademark registrations in multiple...
Intellectual Property Law, 2005:
The former Intellectual Property Law was passed on November 29, 2005 and came into force on July 1, 2006. It was amended by the afore-mentioned new Law on Intellectual Property, 2009.
The former law was considered a great advance for the protection of the intellectual property, but also for complying...
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...
Joint Circular No. 02/2008/TTLT-TANDTC-VKSNDTC-BVHTT&DL-BKH&CN-BTP of April 3, 2008, guiding the Application of a Number of Legal Provisions to the Settlement of Disputes over intellectual Property Rights at People’s Courts
Joint Circular No. 02/2008/TTLT-TANDTC-VKSNDTC-BVHTT&DL-BKH&CN-BTP was passed on April 3, 2008 and entered into force on May 22, 2008. Joint Circular includes 2 parts (A and B). Part A defines the disputes over intellectual property rights which fall under the handling competence of people’s courts (specified in Clause 4, Article...
Technology Transfer Law, 2006:
The Law on Technology Transfer was passed on November 29, 2006 and came into force on July 1, 2007. Aim of the law is to regulate the transfer of technologies in Vietnam, from Vietnam to abroad and from abroad to Vietnam.
The law contains some specific provisions related to intellectual...
Circular No. 08/2006/TT-BKHCN guiding the intellectual property services
Circular No. 08/2006/TT-BKHCN was enacted on April 04, 2006. The scope of Circular is guiding intellectual property-related activities belonging to scientific and technological services specified in Clause 8, Article 2 of June 9,2000 Science and Technology Law No. 21/2000/QH10 and the Government's Decree No. 81/2002/ND-CP of October 17, 2002,...
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...
Ordinance on Procedures for the settlement of Administrative Cases, 2006:
The Ordinance on Procedures for the settlement of Administrative Cases came into force on July 1, 2006. It aims at amending a number of articles of the former Ordinance on Procedures for the settlement of Administrative Cases, 1996.
The new Ordinance also contains general provisions about administrative proceedings and procedures...
Criminal Code, 1999:
The 1st Criminal Code of Vietnam including provisions on intellectual property is the Criminal Code passed on December 21, 1999 that came into force on July 1, 2000.
The Criminal Code, 1999 included several provisions on intellectual property. First of all, infringements upon copyrights and their consequences are explained in...
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891)
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks was established in 1891 for the purpose of providing a mechanism that helps for international trademark registration to eliminate the need for filing, prosecuting or maintaining separate registrations in multiple countries. Registration of a mark under the Agreement provides for the...
