IP law document

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...

The ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) was signed in April 2008. AJCEP shows a effective and intensive cooperation between a regional organisation in Southeast Asia – ASEAN and a developed country – Japan. This Agreement consists of trade in goods, trade in services, investment, and economic cooperation. Major provisions...

Decree No. 105/2006/ND-CP Was adopted on September 22, 2006. The subject matter of the Decree is Copyright and Related Rights, Enforcement of IP and Related Law, Industrial Property. This Decree details and guides a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual Property on protection of intellectual property rights,...

The Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations was passed on April 2, 2008 and came into force on August 1, 2008. It aims at amending and supplementing the former Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations passed in 2002. When it comes to intellectual property, only one amendment of the Ordinance...

Seed Ordinance was promulgated by National Assembly Standing Committee under No: 15/2004/PL-UBTVQH11. The purpose of this Ordinance is stipulating the management and preservation rules for plant genetic resources, research, selection, breeding, evaluation, on-site inspection, seed testing, release the new variety and protection of new plant varieties, selection and certification...

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. For the full text of the decision, please click here: Decision No.30/2006/QD-BYT

Under no. 50/2005/QH11, Law on Intellectual Property was promulgated including 6 parts, 18 chapters and 221 articles. The scope of this Law is governing issues on copyright, copy – related rights, industrial property right, rights to plant varieties and the protection of these rights. This Law was passed on...

Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite was passed on May 21, 1974 at Brussels. Brussels comprises 12 articles providing for the obligation of each Contracting State to take adequate measures to prevent the unauthorized distribution on or from its territory of any programme-carrying...

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...

Decree No. 100/2006/ND-CP of September 21, 2006, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Civil Code and the Intellectual Property Law regarding copyright and related rights was passed on September 17, 2006 and came into force on October 17, 2006. This Decree was divided...

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...

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...

SBLAW is pleased to announce the successful completion of trademark registration procedures in Japan for our client, Khang My DGG Joint Stock Company. This achievement marks a significant milestone, reaffirming the prestige and legal standing of a Vietnamese brand in the international market.   1. Conquering One of Asia’s Most Stringent...

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...