Conference on Intellectual Property of students of 5 universities

Attending the Conference were Dr. Ta Quang Minh (Director of the Department of Intellectual Property), Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) and many scientists from the above universities.

In his opening speech at the conference, Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) mentioned the importance of IP activities as one of the basic contents of multilateral and bilateral economic cooperation programs, including economic institutions that Vietnam is participating in. Strengthening IP protection in Vietnam to meet the increasing demands of the international economic integration process has truly become an urgent requirement. While Vietnam has achieved remarkable achievements in building IP laws, the implementation of these regulations in practice has only been initially implemented and has not achieved the desired results.

Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh emphasized that to make Vietnam’s IP protection system truly effective, it requires synchronous and comprehensive measures in many aspects. In particular, developing IP human resources and improving public awareness of IP through IP training and education programs at universities and colleges in Vietnam in the current period is extremely important.

With that meaning, the Student Scientific Conference on IP with the participation of many universities in Hanoi is an annual forum, aiming to connect scientists, practitioners and lecturers and students interested in IP to promote the effectiveness of IP enforcement in Vietnam in the context of international economic integration.

Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) (top row, third from left) and Dr. Ta Quang Minh (Director of the Department of Intellectual Property) (top row, fourth from left) take souvenir photos with delegates and students attending the Student Scientific Conference on Intellectual Property

The conference received 23 student research reports from five universities. The reports addressed various issues in the field of IP, from reflecting the current status of IP violations in many industries and fields, the shortcomings in current IP regulations in Vietnam... to identifying the difficulties of IP in Vietnam when Vietnam participates more and more deeply in international forums. Many reports mentioned IP issues through current prominent events such as: Flappy Bird's copyright infringement, book copyright infringement, trade secret protection, collective trademark protection...

At the end of the Conference, the Organizing Committee awarded the following prizes:

- 01 First Prize: Dao Thi Mai Quyen (Foreign Trade University) with the topic "Negotiations on Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement”.

- 02 Second Prizes: Dao Thi Giang (University of Social Sciences and Humanities) with the topic "Challenges and solutions for the development of Vietnam's pharmaceutical industry in the context of participating in the TRIPS agreement”; Pham Thi Thuy (National Economics University) with the topic “Building and developing Cai Rong fish sauce certification brand in Van Don district, Quang Ninh province”.

- 02 Third Prizes: Nguyen Tien Dat, Nguyen Minh Trang (University of Commerce) with the topic "Current status of trademark disputes and proposed solutions to protect businesses in Vietnam”; Thai Hoang Long (Hanoi Law University) with the topic “Current status of intellectual property valuation in Vietnam”.