IP law document

The Law amending and supplementing several articles of the Intellectual Property Law No. 131/2025/QH15 will officially take effect on April 1, 2026. One of the most breakthrough changes and powerful administrative reforms regarding industrial property registration applications (including trademark applications) is the abolition of the procedure for issuing a...

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...

Decree No. 56/2009/ND-CP was passed on June 6, 2006. This Decree governs issues on acts, competence and procedures for sanctioning administrative violations in the culture and information activities. Administrative violations in cultural and information domains defined in this Decree include acts of violating state management regulations in press activities; publishing...

Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations was passed on October 26, 1961 at Rome. The Rome Convention includes 34 articles secures protection in performances for performer in phonograms for producers of phonograms and in broadcasts for broadcasting organizations. This Convention was built...

Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-Newzealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) started negotiating in 2005 and came in force for all countries in 2012. The AANZFTA is the first comprehensive FTA signed by ASEAN. Issues on Intellectual property right are defined in Chapter 13 including 12 articles. This chapter regulates intellectual property...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Under No. 44/2002/PL-UBTVQH10, Ordinance of handling of administrative violations was enacted. The goal of this Ordinance is to prescribes on handling of Administrative violations to prevent and combat administrative violations, contributing to maintaining the security, social order and safety, protecting the interest of State as well as legitimate rights...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Civil Procedure Code was passed on June 15, 2004, and came into force on January 1, 2005. It provides processes and procedures for the settlement of civil affairs and the enforcement of civil judgments. More precisely, when it comes to intellectual property, articles 25-4, 29-2 and 34-1 of the...