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When Shall Patent Right is Generated and Established?

When Shall Patent Right is Generated and Established?

Invention is one of subject matters of industrial property rights under Vietnam Intellectual Property Law 2005 (Vietnam IP Law), amended in 2009. Invention means a technical solution in the form of a product or process which is intended to solve a problem by application of natural laws. According to Article 6 of Vietnam IP Law, industrial property rights to an invention or patent ownership shall be established on the basis of a decision of the competent State body to grant a protection title in accordance with the registration procedures stipulated in Vietnam IP Law or the recognition of international registration pursuant to an international treaty of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.

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