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On the afternoon of June 3, at the regular Government press conference, Major General Nguyen Quoc Toan, Chief of Office, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security informed about the results of 1 month of implementing the Prime Ministers Official Telegram 38 on focusing on directing the drastic implementation of solutions to fight, prevent and handle acts of intellectual property rights infringement. Download Major General Nguyen Quoc Toan, Chief of Office, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, information at the press conference - Photo: VGPAccording to Major General Nguyen Quoc Toan, the work of detecting and fighting against intellectual property rights violations is a regular job of the police force. Attached to Official Telegram No. 38/CD-TTg of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Public Security also issued Telegram No. 38 issuing an order to organize a peak nationwide focusing on fighting, detecting and strictly handling violations of intellectual property rights. Police forces at 3 levels have implemented advisory work to improve the law to strengthen the fight against intellectual property rights violations. The police force determines that this is a fundamental, strategic solution and perfects the law in two directions: Reviewing violations and getting ahead of violations, being predictive. The second is to strengthen sanctions to increase deterrence. Regarding this content, the Ministry of Public Security is coordinating with the Ministry of Justice to develop two documents related to the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and amend the Penal Code in this spirit. Along with that, the police force has deployed measures to detect and strictly handle violations in the field of intellectual property; determined that this is a thorough, long-term solution, focusing on related acts, especially related to copyright and violation of industrial property rights. According to Major General Nguyen Quoc Toan, after a month of peak deployment, the police force achieved 3 major results. First, reviewed and coordinated with telecommunications service providers to prevent websites that infringe on intellectual property rights. In the past month, 194 websites have been blocked, including 8 websites that broadcast movies, 27 websites that sell goods that violate industrial property rights, and 159 websites that stream live football that violate intellectual property rights. The second result is the coordination of forces in the work of inspecting, detecting and fighting to handle violations. Of these, the countrys police force has prosecuted 56 cases and 98 defendants for crimes of infringing on copyright and related rights, of infringing on industrial property rights, and of producing and trading counterfeit goods. The police force has also increased administrative sanctions for violations. As a result, after nearly 1 peak month, about 216 individuals were fined, the fine was more than 850 million VND. Third, deploy coordination to do a good job of propaganda and identify this as a regular task. This propaganda work will focus on identifying signs of production and trading activities of counterfeit goods and goods that infringe intellectual property rights; Mobilize people to report signs of crime and violations of relevant laws through the fight and handling. For this content, the Chief of Office of the Ministry of Public Security requests businesses and people to well implement legal regulations and participate in fighting violations. This not only protects ones own rights but also participates in establishing an orderly and disciplined social environment, a transparent and healthy business environment and a safe cyberspace. Anh ThoSee moreImplementing Official Letter 38: The arduous copyright warSee moreHandling more than 1,400 cases of intellectual property infringement after 3 weeks of implementing Official Letter 38See moreAfter Official Letter 38, the Ministry of Industry and Trade aggressively prosecuted Scan for counterfeit hot spots
