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At the seminar "Information and communication work on intellectual property activities", held on January 15, Mr. Le Huy Anh, Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Office (Ministry of Science and Technology) said that in 2024, despite many changes in financial mechanisms and organizational models, the Intellectual Property Office has made efforts to carry out a huge amount of work, affirming the important role of intellectual property activities in the socio-economic development, science, technology and innovation of the country.
In 2024, the Intellectual Property Office received 152,619 applications of all kinds. The Office processed 143,288 applications (an increase of 13.9% compared to 2023), including: 87,048 applications for registration of industrial property rights (an increase of 17.4%) and 56,240 other applications/requests (an increase of 8.8%); granted 53,674 industrial property protection certificates (an increase of 45.2% compared to 2023).
In 2024, the National Office of Intellectual Property conducted a review to amend, supplement and develop new regulations on the examination of industrial property applications. At the same time, it implemented the development of a legal system for intellectual property and completed the amendment and promulgation of document templates in the process of processing industrial property applications according to the provisions of Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP and Circular No. 23/2023/TT-BKHCN (a total of 282 document templates).
The Department has also provided comments on 38 draft legal documents and executive directives, including: 4 Laws, 15 Decrees, 10 Circulars, 9 Programs and Decisions on intellectual property; reviewed legal documents on or related to intellectual property and recommended solutions to problems and their effectiveness; regularly provided guidance and answered questions from ministries, branches, localities and enterprises on issues related to intellectual property protection in general and industrial property in particular in the practice of law application.
International integration and cooperation on intellectual property are maintained, actively contributing to the implementation of foreign affairs tasks of the country, of the Ministry of Science and Technology in general and of the Department in particular.
However, the Intellectual Property Office still faces many difficulties due to unstable IT infrastructure, backlog of industrial property registration applications, lack of human resources, etc.
Speaking at the seminar, Director of the Intellectual Property Office Luu Hoang Long emphasized the directions and tasks for 2025. These include advising on the development and implementation of mechanisms and policies to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation; continuing to complete the Project to perfect units and human resources under the Office in the spirit of Resolution 18-NQ/TW on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient; having solutions to attract high-quality human resources and having mechanisms to encourage workers...
"We pay special attention to promoting digitalization, applying information technology, and digital transformation in activities; enhancing the processing of industrial property applications, reviewing, amending, and developing regulations on the appraisal of industrial property applications, in the direction of optimizing the process, promoting decentralization and delegation of authority in processing applications," said Mr. Luu Hoang Long.
In particular, the Intellectual Property Office develops and implements a Plan for handling industrial property applications to implement Resolution No. 100/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly, aiming to bring the application examination time back to the time limit prescribed by law by 2026.
The Department will also strengthen state management of intellectual property development; effectively implement tasks in the Intellectual Property Strategy to 2030, the Intellectual Property Development Program to 2030 and the Plan for coordination in supporting the registration of trademarks and geographical indications abroad and other national programs. Innovate the way of organizing research, training and propaganda activities, and disseminate knowledge about intellectual property.
With the achieved results and synchronous solutions in the coming time from institutions, people, infrastructure, facilities,... the Intellectual Property Office expects to improve operational efficiency and raise its position in the region and the world.
