What is the importance of intellectual property rights?

Intellectual property protection is extremely important. When it comes to protecting Intellectual property  two areas of protection should be taken in account:

1.protecting your liability

2.protecting your intellectual property (IP)

Liabilities like the terms and conditions prevent claims initiated by people who use your website. The other liability known as privacy policy is legally required for websites that collect user data. Protecting your intellectual property (IP) requires confidentiality agreement. Every employee, developers and programmers should sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to avoid disclosure of trade secrets, in case they are involved in your website development. IP assignment agreement is also essential for the protection of intellectual property (IP) when you hire people to work on your website.

Intellectual Property Rights in Vietnam

Among the assets of intellectual property protection a patent is the most expensive and complex form of protection. A patent helps to prevent others from exploiting the owner’s invention. It is a territorial right exclusively applicable in the area or geographical region where a patent has been granted. It is highly recommended that you consult a patent attorney if you’re going to head in this direction.

intellectual property protection asset like a trademark is a sign that can distinguish a good or a service of an enterprise from the other. It is protected by intellectual property rights registered with a national or regional office of emblem, in order to confer an exclusive right to use the registered logo.

Copyright is the legal term that describes the rights of the creators on their creative inventions that could be a design, a painting; literary work etc. in simple words copyright protects the work of a creator.

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