Title: Law No. 36/2009/QH12 dated 19 May, 2009 on amending and supplementing some articles of the Law on Intellectual Property

Type: Law

Issuing Agency: National Assembly

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology

Issuing Date: 19-06-2009

To amend and supplement Article 3 as follows:

"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 reproductive and harvested materials."

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