Implications Of The New Draft Amendment Of Internet Decree

The Ministry of Information and Communications ("MIC") has published the draft decree amending decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP with respect to the management, provision and use of Internet services and online information ("Draft Decree") for public consultations.

If you are interested in amendments proposed by Draft Decree in the areas of cybersecurity, online IP protection, and regulate cloud computing services, please refer to our article Vietnam: New Draft Amendment of Internet Decree.

Summary

• The Draft Decree proposed that the subjects of domain name dispute resolution would also cover the domain names which are identical or confusingly similar to personal names of the complainant and protected geographical indications and trade names.