Following the United States’ high-profile withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2017, the remaining members agreed to move forward with a revised trade agreement called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP. The CPTPP came into force on 30 December 2018 between the first six signatories, Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and Singapore. Vietnam, the seventh country to ratify the new agreement, officially joined the CPTPP on 14 January 2019.

Lawyers from Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property team in Hanoi have written the Vietnam chapter of Practical Law’s IP in Business Transactions Global Guide, a high-level comparative overview of intellectual property laws and regulations across 34 jurisdictions.IP in Business Transactions focuses on business-related aspects of intellectual property, such as the value of intellectual assets in M&A transactions, and the licensing of IP portfolios. The topics covered include the following:

When Vietnam began to open its market in the late 1980s, there were few cars on its roads. Over time, as the country’s economy entered a period of rapid growth, the number of cars grew accordingly. While that number has steadily risen, car ownership in Vietnam is still low by world standards, with only about 23 cars per 1,000 people. However, that rate is only expected to increase in the coming years as per capita income continues to rise.

Linh Thi Mai Nguyen from Tilleke & Gibbins’ trademark group and Loc Xuan Le, a principal in Tilleke & Gibbins’ local associate firm T&G Law Firm LLC (TGVN), contributed the Vietnam chapter to the 2018 edition of Practical Law’s Copyright Litigation Global Guide. The popular Global Guide series provides a high-level comparative overview of laws and regulations in a wide range of practice areas across multiple jurisdictions.