The Government of Vietnam has issued Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP dated August 23, 2023 (which took effect immediately)guiding the implementation of the Intellectual Property Law, specifically focusing on industrial property, protection of industrial property rights, rights to plant varieties and State management of intellectual property (hereinafter referred to as “Decree 65/2023” or the “new Decree”).
Replacing Decree No. 103/2006/ND-CP dated September 22, 2006, and Decree No. 105/2006/ND-CP dated September 22, 2006 of the Vietnamese Government, the new Decree comprises 5 Parts and 125 Articles. Within the framework of this article, Ageless will highlights nine (9) important provisions that should be noted.
1. Scope of Regulation in Decree 65
Decree 65/2023 details and measures to implement the provisions of the Intellectual Property Law on:
- Establishment, subjects, content, and limitations of industrial property rights ; transfer of industrial property rights, industrial property representation, and measures to promote industrial property activities.
- Determination of the acts, nature, and extent of infringement, damages, the request and settlement of the request for handling the infringement, rights related to plant varieties; control of export-import goods related to industrial property ownership; appraisal of industrial property rights, etc. Read more