Q&A

When Shall Copyright is Generated and Established?

According to Article 1 of Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property in 2009, amending Article 3 of Law on Intellectual Property in 2005 (Vietnam IP Law), subject matters of copyright include literary, artistic and scientific works.

Copyright means rights of organizations and individuals to works they have created or own.

According to Article 6 of Vietnam IP Law, copyright shall arise at the moment a work is created and fixed in a certain material form, irrespective of its content, quality, form, mode and language and irrespective of whether or not such work has been published or registered.

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You could learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our IP lawyers in Vietnam for advice via email ant@antlawyers.vn or call our office at (+84) 24 730 86 529

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