The law of intellectual property (original) (raw)

Article 2.-Subjects of application This Law applies to Vietnamese organizations and individuals; foreign organizations and individuals that satisfy the conditions specified in this Law and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party. Article 3.-Subject matters of intellectual property rights 1. Subject matters of copyright include literary, artistic and scientific works; subject matters of copyright-related rights include performances, phonograms, video recordings, broadcasts and encrypted program-carrying satellite signals. 2. Subject matters of industrial property rights include inventions, industrial designs, layout-designs of semiconductor integrated circuits, trade secrets, marks, trade names and geographical indications. 3. Subject matters of rights to plant varieties include plant varieties and reproductive materials. Article 4.-Interpretation of terms In this Law, the following terms shall be construed as follows: 1. Intellectual property rights mean rights of organizations and individuals to intellectual assets, including copyright and copyright-related rights, industrial property rights and rights to plant varieties. 2. Copyright means rights of organizations and individuals to works they have created or own. 3. Copyright-related rights (hereinafter referred to as related rights) mean rights of organizations and individuals to performances, phonograms, video recordings, broadcasts and encrypted programcarrying satellite signals. 4. Industrial property rights mean rights of organizations and individuals to inventions, industrial designs, layout-designs of semiconductor integrated circuits, trade secrets, marks, trade names and geographical indications they have created or own, and right to repression of unfair competition. 5. Rights to plant varieties mean rights of organizations and individuals to new plant varieties they have selected, created or discovered and developed, or own.