Intellectual Property Law
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...
Decree No. 24/2025/ND-CP: Amending and supplementing regulations on penalties for administrative violations in commerce and consumer protection
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...
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...
Geneva Act of Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, 1999
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...
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1886
Bern Convention for the Protection of Literacy and Artistic Works was adopted on September 9, 1886 and came into force in December, 1887. The Bern Convention is composed of 38 articles regulating issues on protecting of literary and artistic works and an appendix. This Convention deal with the protection...
ORDINANCE Appeal 2006
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...
Civil Code, 2005:
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...
