intellectual property
The Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly (NA) scrutinised the latest version of a draft law revising and supplementing some articles of the Law on Intellectual Property during its 8th session on February 15.
ST25 is a generic rice variety, not a brand: NOIP
The National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) says the ST25 rice variety has been granted a Protective Certificate No 21.VN.2020 under Decision No 45/QD-TT-VPBH dated March 6, 2020 by the director of the Department of Crop Production.
Vietnamese engineers register inventions in the US
The strategy of mastering the high-tech industry at a world-class level has been the foundation for Viettel Group’s engineers to now have four patents protected as intellectual property in the US.
Origin fraud threatens local exporters
After a local silk importer was recently found to be disguising Chinese products as Vietnamese to sell them in India, experts have warned of the risks of losing out on exports and preferential tariffs due to intellectual property (IP) violations.
Vietnam 42nd in global innovation index
Vietnam ranked 42nd among 131 economies for the second consecutive year in the 2020 Global Innovation Index (GII), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has announced.
E-commerce companies called to account for fake books in circulation
E-commerce companies cannot deny their responsibilities behind the rampage of fake books on their platforms.
VN scientists say it is difficult to commercialize inventions
Many products have an average life expectancy of 10-15 years. If they cannot be commercialized, they will be 'put in mothballs' , said Nguyen Tan Dung, Chemical Technology and Food Dean of the HCM City University of Technology and Education.
Websites showing free movies without copyright persist
The effort to block websites providing noncopyrighted movies has brought initial success, but after one website ‘dies’, another website often arises.