August 29, 2023
On August 23, 2023, the Vietnam Government promulgated Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP detailing several articles and the implementation of the Intellectual Property Law 2022 (“amended IP Law 2022”) regarding industrial property rights, protection of industrial property rights, rights to plant varieties, and state management of intellectual property (“Decree No. 65”). Decree No. 65 replaces Decree No. 103/2006/ND-CP (dated September 22, 2006), detailing and guiding the implementation of several articles of the IP Law (amended) with regards to protection of industrial property rights, rights to plant varieties, and state management of intellectual property in Decree No. 105/2006/Decree-CP dated September 22, 2006, detailing and guiding the implementation of several articles of the Intellectual Property Law on the protection of intellectual property rights and state management of intellectual property (amended).
Additionally, several provisions of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN guiding the implementation of Decree No. 103/2006/ND-CP, and all provisions of Circular No. 01/2008/TT-BKHCN (amended) guiding the grant and revocation of industrial property assessor cards and certificates of organizations eligible to operate in industrial property assessment, both of which were promulgated by the Ministry of Science and Technology, have also been consolidated in this Decree. Read more