Term of copyright protection in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Clause 8 Article 1 of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property in 2009 amending Article 27 of the Law on Intellectual Property 2005 of Vietnam, the term of copyright protection is as follows:

- The moral rights provided for in Clauses 1, 2 and 4 Article 19 of the Law on Intellectual Property 2005 of Vietnam shall be protected for an indefinite term.

- The moral rights provided for in Clause 3, Article 19 and the economic rights provided for in Article 20 of Law on Intellectual Property 2005 of Vietnam enjoy the following term of protection:

+ Cinematographic works, photographic works, works of applied art and anonymous works have a term of protection of seventy five years from the date of first publication. 

• For cinematographic works, photographic works and works of applied art which remain unpublished within twenty five years from the date of fixation, the term of protection is one hundred years from the date of fixation. 

• For anonymous works, when information on their authors is published, the term of protection will be calculated under Point b of this Clause.

+ A work not specified at Point a of this Clause is protected for the whole life of the author and for fifty years after his/her death. For a work under joint authorship, the term of protection expires in the fiftieth year after the death of the last surviving co-author;

+ The term of protection specified at Points a and b of this Clause expires at 24:00 hrs of December 31 of the year of expiration of the copyright protection term.

View more details at the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property in 2009 effective from January 01, 2010.

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