IPR protection in Vietnam

Invention Utility Solution

Invention/Utility Solution

1. Definition of Invention/Utility Solution Inventions are technical solutions relating to a product or process which is to solve a…
What is a trademark?

Trademark

1. Definition and Registrability A trademark is defined as a sign used to distinguish the goods or services of one…
Industrial Design

Industrial Design

1. Definition of industrial design An industrial design is the outer appearance of a product, represented in forms, lines, colors…
Copyright

Copyright

1. Copyrighted works  – Literary and scientific works, textbooks, teaching materials and other works expressed in forms of letters or…
Trade secret and unfair competition

Trade secret, trade name

I. TRADE SECRET 1. General Trade secrets are defined as information obtained from financial, intellectual investment which is undisclosed and…
Geographical Indications

Geographical indication

1. Definition Geographical indication is defined as a sign that are used to identify products as originating from a particularly…
Unfair competition

Unfair competition

1. General Under our current regulations of law, any act of competition contrary to honest practices in doing business which…
Integrated circuit layout design

Integrated circuit layout design

1. Definition Semiconductor integrated circuit is defined as a product, in its final form or an intermediate form, in which the…
Plant variety

Plant varieties

1. Definition Plant variety is defined as a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank,…
Enforcement of IP rights

Enforcement

1. Genaral In Vietnam, an IP infringing act can be handled in accordance with any of the administrative, civil, criminal…