Only 10 percent of 4,400 patent registration applications came fromVietnam in 2014 due to the poor quality of Vietnamese applications, saidan official.
Nguyen Van Bay, Director of the National Officeof Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP)'s Centre for Research andTraining, said during a recent press conference in Hanoi that the yearlynumber of patent registration applications has risen 10 percent inrecent years, as the number of applications for trademark protectionregistration in 2014 reached some 33,000.
HCM City took the leadin the number of trademark registrations, with 12,000 applications,followed by Hanoi with 7,600. Northern Lai Chau province, however, hadthe lowest application numbers, with only 2. This was followed by BacKan and Dien Bien provinces, with 5 and 9 applications.
Bay saidthe reason for the low number of applications was that the number ofbusinesses in these localities, and knowledge about intellectualproperty, remains modest.
Meanwhile, the US had the highestnumber of trademark registration applications in Vietnam last year, with1,713. Japan took second place with 1,295 applications, China 904, theRepublic of Korea 785, and Thailand 519.
The director noted thatup to 3,000 patent and trademark registrations remain unresolved due tothe poor quality of the applications, complicated issues and lack ofoffice staff.
He added that there was no university in Vietnam providing training on completing intellectual property applications.
The application office currently has to train their staff or seek international support.
NOIPis expecting to hire 70 more employees, while promoting information andthe use of technology to resolve the application problem.
LeNgoc Lam, NOIP's deputy head, said Vietnam lacks judges with specialknowledge about intellectual property rights, which is the reason thatdisputes on intellectual property rights take time to resolve.
Further,Lam said officials had been considering creating a court to rule onintellectual property conflicts, as similar courts had been set up inadvanced countries.
"We expect that Vietnam would have such courts in the future," he added.-VNA
Nguyen Van Bay, Director of the National Officeof Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP)'s Centre for Research andTraining, said during a recent press conference in Hanoi that the yearlynumber of patent registration applications has risen 10 percent inrecent years, as the number of applications for trademark protectionregistration in 2014 reached some 33,000.
HCM City took the leadin the number of trademark registrations, with 12,000 applications,followed by Hanoi with 7,600. Northern Lai Chau province, however, hadthe lowest application numbers, with only 2. This was followed by BacKan and Dien Bien provinces, with 5 and 9 applications.
Bay saidthe reason for the low number of applications was that the number ofbusinesses in these localities, and knowledge about intellectualproperty, remains modest.
Meanwhile, the US had the highestnumber of trademark registration applications in Vietnam last year, with1,713. Japan took second place with 1,295 applications, China 904, theRepublic of Korea 785, and Thailand 519.
The director noted thatup to 3,000 patent and trademark registrations remain unresolved due tothe poor quality of the applications, complicated issues and lack ofoffice staff.
He added that there was no university in Vietnam providing training on completing intellectual property applications.
The application office currently has to train their staff or seek international support.
NOIPis expecting to hire 70 more employees, while promoting information andthe use of technology to resolve the application problem.
LeNgoc Lam, NOIP's deputy head, said Vietnam lacks judges with specialknowledge about intellectual property rights, which is the reason thatdisputes on intellectual property rights take time to resolve.
Further,Lam said officials had been considering creating a court to rule onintellectual property conflicts, as similar courts had been set up inadvanced countries.
"We expect that Vietnam would have such courts in the future," he added.-VNA
