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...
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...
Decree No. 56/2009/ND-CP on sanctioning administrative violations in cultural and information activities
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...
Competition Law, 2004:
The Competition Law was passed on December 3, 2004 and came into force on July 1, 2005.
It foresees general provisions for acts of competition’s restriction and of unfair competition. The law also provides procedures for the settlement of competition cases and measures to deal with violations of the competition...
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation was adopted on December 15, 1995 at Bangkok but not yet in force. Subject matter in this Agreement is Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Copyright and related rights (Neighboring rights), Enforcement of IP and related laws, Geographical indication, Industrial designs, Layout designs of...
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 and as amended on September 28, 1979. Under article 3, the goal of this Organization is promoting the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States and ensure administrative cooperation...
Ordinance of handling of administrative violations
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...
ASEAN – Australia – New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (IP provisions)
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...
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,...
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...
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
Vietnamese Civil Law code 2005
Vietnamese Civil Law code 2001 of Vietnam was replaced by the code 2005. National Assembly passed on this code on June, 14, 2005. Vietnamese civil law code 2005 regulates the issues on civil rights and obligations of individual and organizations, as well as property and ownership…The Vietnamese Civil Law...
Ordinance on Procedures for the settlement of Administrative Cases, 1996:
The Ordinance on Procedures for the settlement of Administrative Cases was passed on May 21, 1996 and came into force on July 1, 1996. It was amended in 2006 by the new Ordinance on Procedures for the settlement of Administrative Cases.
The Ordinance provided for general principles concerning the administrative...
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...
Trademark registration: New process – according to Amended Law No.131/2025/QH15
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...
