The event was co-organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam), the US Department of Justice, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in association with the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology.
In his speech, Deputy-Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung held that Vietnam has seen an increase in online trade. Opportunities and benefits from e-commerce attract the active participation of firms on this market. However, they face several challenges to include the intellectual property enforcement.
Over the recent years, the Vietnamese Government and relevant agencies have tried to promote intellectual property enforcement and fight intellectual property violations, said Tung.
Meanwhile, the US Ambassador to Vietnam, Daniel Kritenbrink, underlined that Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in enforcing intellectual property have contributed to the success of American firms’ business activities in Vietnam so far, adding that intellectual property enforcement plays an important role in the creation of a knowledge-based economy and in overall prosperity as well, of not only Vietnam or the US but also every country in the world.
During the workshop, international and domestic delegates delivered papers to introduce the International Intellectual Property Index, current situations of intellectual property rights infringement in e-commerce, challenges and solutions to intellectual property enforcement, online infringement of goods, and international experiences in conducting intellectual property enforcement.
In Vietnam, the idea of intellectual property protection, mainly copyrights, was featured in the country's first Constitution in 1946.
The Intellectual Property Law was passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on November 19, 2005 and came into force on July 1, 2006. The law stipulates copyrights, rights neighboring on copyrights, industrial property rights, and the protection and enforcement of those rights.
Notably, over the past few years, the country has joined and ratified a number of international deals on copyrights and other intellectual property rights.
Van Hieu