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Vietnam: Things should be noted on performance of procedures for registering industrial property

17:52, 05/07/2016

On June 30, 2016, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam issued Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN 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.

According to Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, the authorization and performance by authorized representative to follow procedures for registering industrial property (hereinafter referred to as “authorization”) must be conformable to the following regulations:

- The applicant may replace the representative. The replacement of representative breaks off the authorization relation between the applicant and the authorized person must be made into a written document by the applicant.

- The authorized person may reauthorize the third party with the written consent of the applicant.

- The reauthorization may be repeated if the authorized person and re-authorized person is the organization or individual that is allowed to represent.

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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