Kazazuo Hoshino, head of the international cooperation section of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) addresses the conference (Photo: most.gov.vn) HCM City(VNA) – Vietnamese and Japanese intellectual property experts gathered at aconference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6 to share experience in completingcopyright system and improving the quality and comercialisation of inventions.
According to arepresentative from the Department of Intellectual Property under the Ministryof Science and Technology, Vietnam’s capacity to commercialise inventionsremains low as inventions’ quality fails to meet the market’s demand.
Although the number ofinventions and solutions submitted to Vietnam has increased, a few of whichwere made by domestic inventors. In 2016, patent applications by Japanese inventorswere 13,578, while those by Vietnamese were 886.
Do Thien Hoang, DeputyDirector of the Department of Intellectual Property’s Research and TrainingCentre said that applications from research institutes and universities werelower than those from individuals and enterprises.
He attributed thesituation to a lack of specific guidelines in pricing, adding it takes a longtime for the verification of inventions, causing a loss of investment and commercialisationopportunities.
At the same time, cooperationbetween inventors and businesses in commercialising inventions was still limited,he said.
Participants at the eventshared the real situation in intellectual property registration, thecommercialisation of inventions in Vietnam and Japan as well as the process ofcommercialising and developing technologies from inventions of businesses inJapan.
Japanese experts saidthat the intellectual property system of Japan was formed 130 years ago, whileits national strategy on the field has been implemented since 2003. Therefore,Japan has been a leading country in intellectual property with 318,000 applicationseach year.
Kazazuo Hoshino, headof the international cooperation section of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) saidthat although Vietnam is 100 years behind Japan in intellectual property, thecountry can catch up with Japan in 5-10 years.
He held that Vietnamshould make full use of its advantages and learn from other countries’experience.
In recent years,Vietnam and Japan has organised many joint activities in improving the qualityof verification of patent applications. In April 2016, the two sides launched aPatent Prosecution Highway project basing on verification results of JPO.
JPO has also trained 621 Vietnamese intellectual property experts and sent 92 specialiststo Vietnam to give technical support.-VNA
According to arepresentative from the Department of Intellectual Property under the Ministryof Science and Technology, Vietnam’s capacity to commercialise inventionsremains low as inventions’ quality fails to meet the market’s demand.
Although the number ofinventions and solutions submitted to Vietnam has increased, a few of whichwere made by domestic inventors. In 2016, patent applications by Japanese inventorswere 13,578, while those by Vietnamese were 886.
Do Thien Hoang, DeputyDirector of the Department of Intellectual Property’s Research and TrainingCentre said that applications from research institutes and universities werelower than those from individuals and enterprises.
He attributed thesituation to a lack of specific guidelines in pricing, adding it takes a longtime for the verification of inventions, causing a loss of investment and commercialisationopportunities.
At the same time, cooperationbetween inventors and businesses in commercialising inventions was still limited,he said.
Participants at the eventshared the real situation in intellectual property registration, thecommercialisation of inventions in Vietnam and Japan as well as the process ofcommercialising and developing technologies from inventions of businesses inJapan.
Japanese experts saidthat the intellectual property system of Japan was formed 130 years ago, whileits national strategy on the field has been implemented since 2003. Therefore,Japan has been a leading country in intellectual property with 318,000 applicationseach year.
Kazazuo Hoshino, headof the international cooperation section of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) saidthat although Vietnam is 100 years behind Japan in intellectual property, thecountry can catch up with Japan in 5-10 years.
He held that Vietnamshould make full use of its advantages and learn from other countries’experience.
In recent years,Vietnam and Japan has organised many joint activities in improving the qualityof verification of patent applications. In April 2016, the two sides launched aPatent Prosecution Highway project basing on verification results of JPO.
JPO has also trained 621 Vietnamese intellectual property experts and sent 92 specialiststo Vietnam to give technical support.-VNA
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