Signals of Copyright Infringement

Authors might find their copyright are infringed in Vietnam and would need legal services from a local legal and intellectual property firm to advise. A literary, artistic or scientific work is an achievement from hard intellectual labor of the author. However, after publishing works, many authors find others use, print or trade their works without their prior written permission. The copyright infringement action can cause many material...

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Differences Between Limited Liability Company and Joint Stock Company

 How to distinguish a Limited Liability Company and a Joint Stock Company? Vietnam Law allows the establishment of a company in Vietnam in various forms. It is an important step in investment process. Investors could choose different forms depending on the needs and capacity on the ability to raise capital and sharing the risk in business as well as the management and operating costs. Each form will have its own organizational structure,...

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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) procedure

The PCT procedure includes: Filing: you file an international application with a national or regional patent Office or WIPO, complying with the PCT formality requirements, in one language, and you pay one set of fees. International Search: an “International Searching Authority” (ISA) (one of the world’s major patent Offices) identifies the published patent documents and technical literature (“prior art”) which may have an influence on whether...

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What are the advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?

The advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty The PCT is an international treaty with more than 145 Contracting States. The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large number of countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications. The granting of patents remains under the control of the national or regional patent...

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How Foreign Investors Could Handle Intellectual Property Dispute in Vietnam?

Intellectual property disputes in Vietnam Foreign investor could handle intellectual property disputes in Vietnam through negotiation and mediation, arbitration or litigation depending on various factors. Intellectual property rights is the rights of organizations, individuals to the intellectual property, including copyrights and related rights, industrial property rights, including trademark, patent, and industrial design and...

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Vietnam M&A market hits US$1.8 billion in Jan-May

HCMC – Capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors via mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals amounted to around US$1.8 billion in the first five months of the year, up a whopping 116.2% compared to the same period last year. Foreign investors engaged in 2,061 M&A transactions in the period, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Foreign investors via M&A...

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Top 10 Challenges of Doing Business in Vietnam

Expanding gross domestic product (GDP), modern infrastructure and a dramatic increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) are signs that Vietnam has transformed into an attractive investment destination, but there are still barriers to doing business which are best navigated with local help on board. Since 1988, there have been 13,544 foreign investment projects with a total registered capital of US$213 billion in Vietnam,...

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