The meeting is co-organised by VCCI, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam, Intellectual Property Association and the Software Alliance (BSA). The event is one of the key activities of the action month surrounding “World Intellectual Property Day”. Computer software copyright highlightedComputer software ownership is one of the areas in which infringements are the most common in Viet Nam. Minh also unveiled the software copyright audit outcomes for last year, particularly the directives issued for audits of regulatory compliance relating to computer software ownership. Early this year, the Ministry Inspectorate further scrutinised compliance with existing laws on computer software copyright at 26 companies and issued administrative fines worth of VND750 million.


Source:   VietNamNet News
April 20, 2018 03:00 UTC