Vietnam's National Assembly ratified the Amended
Intellectual Property Law ("Amended IP Law") on 16 June
2022. As the most significant set of amendments (compared to those
of 2009 and 2019) since the IP Law was promulgated in 2005, the
Amended IP Law features updates to over 100 articles. The Amended
IP Law will take effect on 1 January 2023 ("Effective
Date") save for some provisions (e.g., provision on sound
marks protection takes effect on 14 January 2023; provisions on
protection of test data for agricultural chemicals take effect on
14 January 2024).
Notable amendments include the following:
- Provisions relating to copyright and related rights provide
for, among others, the following:
- more specific requirements to determine right holders (e.g.,
authors, co-authors) aiming to facilitate the change of copyright
ownership;
