IP law document

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...

Ordinance prescribes procedures for the settlement of administrative cases. The purpose of this Ordinance is to ensure the timely and lawful settlement of administrative cases in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of individuals, State agencies and organizations, and contribute to raising the effectiveness of State management....

Decree No. 24/2025/ND-CP, issued on February 21, 2025, amends and supplements several articles of Decree No. 98/2020/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in commercial activities, production, trading in counterfeit and prohibited goods, and consumer protection. This Decree aims to update and adjust regulations on administrative penalties in these fields...

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...

This Decree was passed on November 28, 2007. Decree no. 57/2005 regulates penalties in the field of Plant Varieties relating administrative violations. This Decree admends and supplements a number of articles for that Decree including 3 articles. For the full text of the Decree, please click here: Decree Revision and supplementing...

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...

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...

From April 1, 2026, the new Law on Technology Transfer will officially take effect, bringing strategic changes to promote endogenous capacity and modernize the country's key sectors. This is considered an important turning point helping businesses access new incentive policies while improving the quality of people's lives through technology. ...

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,...

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...

Circular No. 22/2009/TT-BTC was enacted on February 04, 2009. The Circular includes 3 major parts and one Annex setting out the table of industrial property fees and charges rate. This Circular defines issues on procedures for collecting, paying (the way to pay, type of money, time…) and managing and...

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...

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...

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...