PART 1
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Pre 1982

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1981 - 1989
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1990 - 1995
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1996 - 2002
PART 2
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Organization and Personnel
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Establishment of the Industrial Property Legal Framework
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Inventions
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Utility Solutions
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Industrial Designs
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Trademarks
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The Transfer of Industrial
Property Rights
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Settlement of Oppositions in Respect of Industrial Property
PART 3
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Decrees and Policies
 

  PART 1 - 1981 - 1989  

On 02 August 1983, at the proposal of the National Office of Inventions, the Chairman of the State Committee of Science and Technology issued Decision No 213/TCCB on the supplement of some provisions of the Regulations on the organization and the functioning of the National Office of Inventions, namely:

  • "Establishing and managing the patent and industrial property information and documentation centre for serving the needs of scientific, technological and economic activities (as a scientific organization provided service to other scientific research organizations); providing services and carrying out international cooperation in the field of industrial property";
  • "Providing services in the field of industrial property to foreign individuals and organizations with foreign currency transactions in accordance to the existing regulations of the State".

According to the Regulations on the organization and the functioning of the National Office of Inventions, the Office then had five divisions as follows:

  • Division for Legal Affairs and Legal Protection of Trademarks and Inventions;
  • Patent Documentation and Information Division;
  • Division for the Management of Innovative and Inventive Activities and Trademarks;
  • Division for General Affairs and Publication;
  • Division for Personnel, Administrative Affairs and Accountancy.

However, until 1988 the said organizational structure was not implemented as it had been stated.

At the beginning, the National Office of Inventions had in total 27 officials which were divided into two specialized groups: the Management Group and information Group.

Since 1983 the staff of the National Office of Inventions continuously increased. Especially, the personnel of the Office increased by 33 employees, out of which 22 after having graduated in the Soviet Union participated in a training course on intellectual property. At the end of 1989, the total number of staff of the Office was 60 people; in 1989, the number reached 142 people.

As for organizational structure, by that time the Office still considered of specialized groups rather than divisions. In 1984 there were six such groups: the Management and Legislation, Patent examination, Trademarks, Documentation-Information and General Administration; additionally, in 1985 the Computer Group was established and in 1986 - Licensing Group. On 15 April 1987 the construction of the new headquarters of the Office was started and on 22 November 1988 the new headquarters was inaugurated. At the end of 1988, the Office officially moved to the new headquarters.

National Office of Industrial Property of Vietnam
384 - 386 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: + 84.4.8583069 Fax: + 84.4.8584002 Email: info@noipvietnam.com