Trade Practices Law
Piracy and IP infringement is a hot topic here in Vietnam. The local English language paper reports that in Haiphong yesterday 3000 'unhealthy' publications were seized from 105 businesses. Vietnam has a civil law system, under which Decree 54 sets out the rules for 'unfair competition through the use of trade indicators.'
The Law on Competition prohibits the use of 'false indication' which may cause confusion among consumers as to the trade name, slogan, business symbol, packaging, or geographical origin of goods.
Wandering around Hanoi most of the goods for sale appear ostensibly to be inferior copies of established brands. Even here in the university, the students use photocopied texts. The econometrics text they are using is the very same one I used in Australia, copied and bound by a local print shop.
Click here to read more about Decree 54.
The Law on Competition prohibits the use of 'false indication' which may cause confusion among consumers as to the trade name, slogan, business symbol, packaging, or geographical origin of goods.
Wandering around Hanoi most of the goods for sale appear ostensibly to be inferior copies of established brands. Even here in the university, the students use photocopied texts. The econometrics text they are using is the very same one I used in Australia, copied and bound by a local print shop.
Click here to read more about Decree 54.
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