Vietnam boosts intellectual property index score
By Dang Khoa April 4, 2021 | 12:00 pm GMT+7
Vietnam jumps one notch to ranked 41th in the International IP Index 2021. Photo by Shutterstock/ProStockStudio.
Vietnam has earned a higher score in the International IP Index 2021 for reaching a trade agreement with the E.U. last year.
According to the intellectual property (IP) index, released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), the country s score increased from 36.62 percent (18.31 out of 50) last year to 37.49 percent (18.74 out of 50).
The annual ranking maps the IP ecosystem in 53 economies, representing over 90 percent of global GDP, by using 50 indicators across nine categories - patents, related rights and limitations; copyrights, related rights, and limitations; trademarks, related rights, and limitations; design rights, related rights, and limitations; trade secrets and the protection of confidential information; commercialization
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India and South Africa want a temporary waiver of IP rights to boost production of Covid-19 vaccines
Four top Republican senators urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organisation to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents to boost its supply on Friday.
“India, South Africa and other countries are presenting a proposal at the World Trade Organisation to waive all intellectual property rights for any innovation related to Covid-19,” the group of four Republican senators wrote in a letter to Biden. “The proponents of this scheme argue that if we just destroy the intellectual property developed by American companies, we will suddenly have more manufacturers producing Covid-19 vaccines,” they said.
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Synopsis The proponents of this scheme argue that if we just destroy the intellectual property developed by American companies, we will suddenly have more manufacturers producing COVID-19 vaccines, they said.
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Four top Republicans Senator on Friday urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organisation to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents to boost its supply. India, South Africa and other countries are presenting a proposal at the World Trade Organisation to waive all intellectual property rights for any innovation related to COVID-19, the group of four Republican Senators wrote in a letter to Biden.
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