Recently, a memorandum of intellectual property rights’ protection and enforcement has been signed between Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance and Japan Patent Office, Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In April 1st, 2021, Commissioner Katsutani Toshihide has signed the memorandum between Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance and Japan Patent Office, Japan Ministry of Economy,…
Mark Getty – founder of Getty Images once said: “Intellectual property is the oil of the 21st century”. If only in terms of literal terms, intellectual property can be understood in many ways, intellectual property can cover many fields. Regardless of the ownership of a series, a picture, or logo, symbols that make up your…
The IMF raised its forecast of global economic growth to 6%, showing a bright outlook for the world economy in 2021. That will certainly have a positive impact on Vietnam’s economy. It is also important to reiterate that this is the highest growth rate since the 1970s, mainly due to the unprecedented policies of countries…
Technology giant Microsoft announced its investment in e-commerce platform Bukalapak. This shows its interest in the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem. In the short term, Bukalapak will use Microsoft’s cloud service as a platform instead of Google as currently. In the announcement, Microsoft did not state the value of its “strategic investment” in the technology unicorn…
The popularity of AI AI and Machine Learning are artificial intelligence, intelligence expressed by machines. AI and machine learning appear in many industries and have high applications. Machine learning allows systems to “learn” automatically from data to solve specific problems. In this era of science and technology development, the application of AI helps most industries…
Definition Dumping is, in general, a situation of international price discrimination, where the price of a product when sold in the importing country is less than the price of that product in the market of the exporting country. Thus, in the simplest of cases, one identifies anti-dumping simply by comparing prices in two markets. However,…
Background On February 1, 2010, the United States received a request for consultations from Vietnam regarding the anti-dumping tax imposed by the United States. This US anti-dumping tax is based on the final result issued by the Department of Commercial (DOC) in several administrative reviews for the imposition of anti-dumping duties on importing frozen and…
On October 31st 2019, Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 3267/QD-BCT about investigation and application of anti-dumping measures for some MSG products (HS code. 2922.42.20) from China and Indonesia (case code AD09). Specifically, on August 4th 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a decision so as to initiate an investigation about…
Structural and procedural framework 1. What is the forum for the conduct of patent litigation in Vietnam? For patent litigation in Vietnam, depending on the negotiation between the relevant parties, it may be resolved by a competent court or arbitrator. In case the parties agreed to choose the arbitration, they could choose the arbitrators who…
Structural and procedural framework 1. What is the forum for the conduct of patent litigation in Vietnam? For patent litigation in Vietnam, depending on the negotiation between the relevant parties, it may be resolved by a competent court or arbitrator. In case the parties agreed to choose the arbitration, they could choose the arbitrators who…