Is a Patent Necessary for Your Company?

Is Patent Necessary for Your Company

The decision to invest in patents might be essential for organizations that are short on capital. Patents aren’t necessary for all businesses, but they can help some gain a competitive advantage in competitive marketplaces. It’s important to think about whether your technology and/or business might benefit from patent protection before deciding to invest in patents….

Balancing international requirements and national interests in the amendment of Vietnam’s IP Law

Balancing international requirements and national interests in the amendment of Vietnam's IP Law, Balancing international requirements and national interests, Create a balance point in the IP Law and international standards, Create a balance point in the IP Law and international standards is a difficult and time-consuming process, The need for revision in the context of the new era, amendment of Vietnam's IP Law

In the new era, Vietnam has been one of the most outstanding rising stars in South East Asia. Besides the establishment of solid and harmonious diplomatic relations with other countries in the region, Vietnam has also participated in many free trade agreements (FTA) such as CPTPP, EVFTA, RCEP, etc. However, although these FTAs have many…

Vietnam: Treatment of trading counter-parties with similar circumstances in different ways

Treatment of trading counterparties with similar circumstances in different ways, Treatment of trading counterparties with similar circumstances, Forbidden of challenges to the validity of IPRs, To practice IPRs in which the protection period has ended or it has been ruled invalid, To practice IPRs in which the protection period has ended

Article 19 of the IP Guidelines explain how businesses with a dominating market position can impose differing licensing restrictions on transaction counterparties with virtually equivalent conditions without justifiable reasons, resulting in discriminatory treatment. It also describes how to examine this behavior, including the conditions of the transaction counterparties, the licensing agreement’s provisions, and the discriminatory treatment.

Legal500: Interview with Pham Duy Khuong, Founder and Managing Director of ASL LAW

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Founder and Managing Director Pham Duy Khuong explains how leading Vietnamese firm ASL LAW is adapting to clients’ changing needs.

Vietnam: Trouble arises in legal documents on intellectual property rights related to AI

Vietnam: Trouble arises in legal documents on intellectual property rights related to AI, Role of Intellectual Property regarding AI, The ways to protect AI and ML of businesses, The importance of improving the legal system of intellectual property related to AI, Trouble arises in legal documents on intellectual property rights related to AI, Vietnam IP Law on AI, Vietnam IP and AI, Vietnam intellectual property law on AI, IP law on AI in Vietnam

AI systems rely heavily on data. The access to data and the use of data to set up AI systems can cause intellectual property problems when the data is protected by copyright and related rights. Accordingly, artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are not just for Big Business but it’s a problem that all businesses will…

New Vietnam plant variety protection forms 2021

New Vietnam plant variety protection forms 2021

The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued the Circular No. 03/2021/TT-BNNPTNT as an amendment to the Circular No. 16/2013/TT-BNNPTNT. This Circular has been issued in June 22th, 2021 in regards to the protection of plant breeders’ rights. According to the Circular No. 03/2021, Vietnam pant variety protection forms 2021 include: Form of…

Legal basis for the exemption of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine

Legal basis for the exemption of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine, The legal basis for exemption from obligations to protect intellectual property rights in the TRIPS Agreement, WTO's discussion regarding the exemption of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine, The legal basis for the exemption of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine, The importance of the TRIPS Agreement for the exemption of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine

Nowadays, countries around the world are calling for the exemption of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine, as well as other related medical devices, methods, etc. to fight the Covid-19 epidemic. However, what is the legal basis for such a request to work in reality? What is the role of the TRIPS agreement in…

Vietnam: Amendment on the IP law to create a safer environment for businesses

Vietnam: Amendment on the IP law to create a safer environment for businesses

Currently, Vietnam is in the process to join the international market and affirms its position with the neighboring countries. Therefore, it is crucial for Vietnam to have a thriving business habitat which is the backbone of the whole economy. Accordingly, the proposals for tighter trademark protection and opening up opportunities for new types of trademarks…

Intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines: Necessary or inessential?

Intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines: Necessary or inessential?

“Can you patent the sun?” This is the famous expression made by Dr. Jonas Edward Salk – an American virologist more than 60 years ago. The saying is becoming more and more profound today, especially in the context of the raging Covid-19 epidemic and the fact that Covid-19 vaccines could not be mass-produced due to…

Lesson learned from losing trademark ST25 in foreign countries – Vietnamese Enterprises need to raise their awareness on the development as well as the protection of a brand internally

Lesson learned from the ST25 dispute – Enterprises need to raise their awareness on the development as well as the protection of a brand

The dispute surrounding the ST25 rice brand – a specialty of Soc Trang province, Vietnam has continued to raise awareness over the weaknesses in the competitiveness of the majority of Vietnamese enterprises nowadays. The dispute happened because the enterprise responsible for producing the rice doesn’t pay attention to the protection of their brand. They didn’t…

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