Vietnam’s New IP Sanctions Decree
Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) issued Decree No. 126/2021/ND-CP (Decree 126) on December 30, 2021, amending multiple provisions of the government’s Decree No. 99/2013/ND-CP dated August 29, 2013 (Decree 99), which is the statute law on the sanctioning of administrative violations in industrial property. Decree 126 went into force almost immediately with the new year, on January 1, 2022. While the new decree has several significant improvements that will assist enforcement agencies and practitioners in dealing with infringements [...]