Center for WTO & International Trade (WITC)

The Review of Vietnam legal framework against commitments under TPP on Intellectual property

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Date: 2017

By: WTO and International Trade Center

The review of Vietnam legal framework against TPPcommitments on intellectual property is prepared by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) with the analysis of the compatibility of the Vietnam legal framework and commitments from the perspective of Vietnam enterprise. Therefore, this review is able to propose solutions to ensure compliance with the Agreement in a most beneficial way for Vietnam enterprises.The recommendations in review are provided in assumption of the validity of TPP and only are applied after ‘effective date’ of TPP. However, in some situations, if the implementation of a particular commitment brings benefits to Vietnamese holders, the recommendation with detailed notes will be clearly specified in order to apply in the near future. In addition, this review was made after the legal review Vietnam against EVFTA commitments on intellectual property prepared by VCCI, therefore, this review also has the comparison between TPP and EVFTA commitments on intellectual property issues to determine the difference and similarities on specific aspects.

This review is in the chain of 09 Review Vietnam legal framework against TPP and EVFTA commitments in the critical institutional areas (including Investment, Government procurement, Intellectual property, Customs and Trade facilitation, Transparency, Service market access) prepared by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) within the framework of 02 stages of the Programme of Reviewing Vietnam legal framework with institutional commitments under new generation free trade agreement with the support of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland.

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