RIGHT TO REGISTRATION OF INVENTION IN VIETNAM

According to the IP law Viet Nam 2005, amended 2019 , right to registration of an invention as follow:

1.   The following organizations and individuals shall have the right to registration of an invention:

a)    The authors who have created the invention by his or her own efforts and expenses; or

b)    The organizations or individuals who have invested funds and material facilities to the authors in the form of a job assignment or job hiring unless otherwise agreed by the parties and such agreements are not contrary to paragraph 2 below.

2.   The Government shall provide for the right to registration of inventions created by using funds and material and technical facilities from the State budget.

3.  In case more than one organizations or individuals have jointly created or invested in the creation  of  an industrial  design,  those  organizations  or individuals shall all have the right to registration and such right shall only be exercised with their consensus.

4.  A person who has the right to registration may assign that right to  other  organizations  or  individuals  in  the  form  of  a  written  contract,  passing  by inheritance in accordance with the law, even when a registration application has been filed.

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