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Vietnam: 06 contents must be included in the power of attorney for registration of industrial property

12:50, 05/07/2016

This content is specified in Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam on amendments to some articles of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN providing guidelines for the Government’s Decree no. 103/2006/ND-CP elaborating and providing guidelines for some articles of the Law on Intellectual Property regarding industrial property amended in Circular No. 13/2010/TT-BKHCN, Circular No. 18/2011/TT-BKHCN and Circular No. 05/2013/TT-BKHCN.

Specifically, according to Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, the authorization must be made into a written document (power of attorney or authorization contract, collectively referred to as “power of attorney”). The power of attorney must contain at least:

- Names/Full names and full addresses of the authoring party and authorized party;

- Names/Full names and full addresses of the new representative or re-authorized party (if any);

- Scope of authorization, volume of authorized tasks;

- Authorization duration (a power of attorney of unspecified duration only ceases to be valid when the authorizing party declares the termination of the authorization);

- Date of signing the power of attorney;

- Signature(s), full names, titles and seals (if any) of the legal representative of the authorized party and of the new representative or re-authorized party (in case of replacement of representative or re-authorization).

View more details at Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from January 15, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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