Does authorization for registration of copyright or related rights have to be notarized in Vietnam?

Does authorization for registration of copyright or related rights have to be notarized in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 50 of the 2005 Intellectual Property Law as amended by Article 2 of the 2009 revised Intellectual Property Law, applications for registration of copyright or related rights include:

2. An application for registration of copyright or related rights shall comprise:

 (a) A declaration for registration of copyright or related rights.

A declaration must be made in Vietnamese and signed by the author, copyright holder, related rights holder or person authorized to file the application; and must include complete information on the applicant, author, copyright holder or related rights holder; the summarized content of the work, performance, audio and visual fixation or broadcast; the name of the author, and the title of the work used to make the derivative work if the work to be registered is a derivative work; the date, place and form of publication; and an undertaking accepting liability for the information set out in the application.

The Ministry of Culture. Sports and Tourism shall regulate the sample form of a declaration for registration of copyright or related rights.

 (b) Two copies of the work the subject of the application for copyright registration, or two copies of the formulated object the subject of the application for related rights registration;

 (c) A letter of authorization where the applicant is an authorized person;

 (d) Documents proving the right to file the application where the applicant acquires such right by way of inheritance, succession or assignment;

 (dd) Written consent of the co-authors in the case of a work under joint authorship;

 (e) Written consent of the co-owners if the copyright or related rights are jointly owned.

Thus, the law in Vietnam does not stipulate that a power of attorney for copyright registration must be notarized. So you do not need to notarize this document.

What is time-limit for granting registered copyright certificates in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 52 of the 2005 Intellectual Property Law, time-limit for granting registered copyright certificates and registered related rights certificates is as follows:

The State administrative body for copyright and related rights shall be responsible to grant a registered copyright certificate or registered related rights certificate to the applicant, or shall notify the applicant in writing in a case of refusal to grant a certificate, within a time-limit of fifteen (15) working days from the date of receipt of a valid application.

According to this Article, within 15 working days from date of receipt of a valid application. You may be granted a copyright certificate in Vietnam.

Best Regards!