IP Applications in Vietnam increased remarkably in 2018

By November 30, 2018, the NOIP has received 98,347 applications of all kinds (up 5.5% in comparison with the same period in 2017), of which were 57,939 applications for registration of IP rights (up 8.2% in comparison with 2017); the applications for protection of invention and utility solution increased by 16.9% and 55.6%, respectively.

At the Conference of summing up the work of 2018 and bring out the orientation and tasks of 2019 of the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) held on December 21, 2018, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Pham Cong Tac acknowledged and appreciated the results in 2018 of the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP).

According to the NOIP’s Summary Report 2018, as of the end of November 30, 2018, the NOIP has received 98,347 applications of all kinds (up 5.5% in comparison with the same period in 2017), of which were 57,939 applications for IP rights registration (up 8.2%); the applications for protection of invention and utility solution increased by 16.9% and 55.6%, respectively.

Besides the speeding up the examining of IP applications, the National Office of Intellectual Property also paid attention to other works and activities such as: integration and international cooperation relating intellectual property matters, activities of training, teaching, propaganda and dissemination the IP laws and scientific researching; the IP information via the IPlib, Digipat, IP National Registrar is ensured for the research activities, technology development and creation innovation.

However, the NOIP Director Dinh Huu Phi admitted that, beside remarkable results achieved, the NOIP should focus on resolving in a synchronous way the great backlog of IP applications which tends to increase every year as the number of applications processed annually are lower than the number of applications received; the utilization of IT at NOIP for application administration has not met the requirements of a national IP office, the activities of supporting, advising and commercializing the IP assets was not properly been paid attention to and focused on…