Violations of intellectual property (IP) in Vietnam have become serious while no effective solution has been found to stop them. Doan Nang, Director of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s (MST)

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Trademark registration in nations: United States of America (U.S), Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Korea…

Registering trademark through Madrid Protocol is a method of international registration applied to Protocol’s members (75 nations including Vietnam). To register through this Protocol, applicant should have applied or had Trademark registration certificate in Vietnam

Procedure for registering copyright and related right. To register copyright, author or owner of a work has to prepare following documents:

What is copyright?: Copyright is a right of organizations, individuals to their works which they create or own.

Franchise registering.

Dossier for franchise registration should include:

- Franchise registration proposal

- Franchise introduction (according to sample)

- Documents confirming:

Frachise is a trading activitiy in which a frachisor allow a franchisee to trade a product/service basing on business methods related to his/her trademark and take control of such franchisee’s business (Definition of Commercial Law)

Licensing procedure for technology tranfer applies to technologies that are restricted to tranfer;

Proposal for technology tranfer to be accepted:

Technology tranfer is an activity in which a tranferor assigns his/her property right or usage right of part or the whole of the technology to a tranferee(s)

Question:

What is copyright registration? Benefits of such registration?

Answer:

According to Clause 1, Article 9, IP Law, registering copyright is that an author, owner of a work files application to the COV (Copyright office of Vietnam) to confirm the information of the work, the author and the owner.

Question:

Is trademark registration commandary? Benefits of trademark registration?

Answer:

According to Vietnam law on intellectual property, registering a trademark is not an obligation of organization/individual using that trademark.