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Protect the value of your ideas. Intellectual property (IP) rights protect your ideas. We administer IP rights for trade marks, patents, designs and plant breeder's rights. Learn more about IP. UNDERSTANDING IP.
The Netherlands has the following types of protection for intellectual property rights: Patents. Patents protect an invention or a technical product or process. It is unlawful for others to make, use, resell, rent out, or supply the patented object or process. The patent holder may however give others permission to do so by granting a patent ...
Any information that derives economic value from not being generally known or ascertainable. Can be formulas, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques or processes. Protection stems from common law dating to the 1800’s. All states have some sort of trade secret protection. Most laws based on the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
A functioning intellectual property regime should also facilitate the transfer of technology in the form of foreign direct investment, joint ventures and licensing. The protection is usually given for a finite term (typically 20 years in the case of patents).
Jan 1, 2015 · Abstract. With the growth of the knowledge-based economy, intellectual property right (IPR) is recognized as a key factor to develop and protect strategic competitiveness and innovation of an enterprise. The increasing degree of collaboration in global relationships, ubiquitous digital communication techniques as well as tough competition has ...
Law on Intellectual Property Rights. In 2005, Vietnam’s National Assembly passed the Law on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); this law was later amended and supplemented in 2009. In September 2010, in an effort to strengthen the protection of Intellectual Property Rights after entering into the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the ...
Author Matt Sammon. Intellectual Property protection is important for any business, regardless of size, when IP is protected and managed effectively it can become a valuable commercial asset. Brands are often surprised at how many aspects of their intellectual property they can protect and how they can utilise each right in their IP portfolio.
