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Illegal use of copyrighted software may also be subject to criminal prosecution in accordance with the Revised Penal Code, which came into effect from January 1, 2010.Ī civil litigation against Trimmers Co. ![]() Intellectual property right (IPR) protection has become a priority of the government of Vietnam in recent years. This is also a highlighted agenda item in the Party’s Resolution for “Strengthening the performance of copyright regulatory agencies and law enforcement from the national to local levels”. Minh also promised that inspecting activities will go on in the upcoming months, targeting firms suspected of illegal use of software. Tran Van Minh, Deputy Chief Inspector, Ministry of Culture-Sports-Tourism, who has had over 10 years leading hundreds of these raids, said that IPR infringements in relation to computer software are quite perse in forms, while a common trick employed by wrongdoers is to buy just a few licensed programs for use. The inspectors disclosed that a representative of Miwon Vietnam had singed the civil offense statement, admitting to their IPR law violation act. In this surprise raid, the inspectors scanned 38 computers in use and found a large number of unlicensed software programs. (a Korean firm) at 22 Pham Hung, Cau Giay, Hanoi, was conducted by the Hanoi Culture-Sports-Tourism Department, in the witness of senior officials of Team 3, Hi-tech Crime Police Department – C50, Hanoi City Police. In successive developments, a spot check at the branch of Miwon Vietnam Co. The interagency inspecting team also asked Viettronics to uninstall the illicit software and get in touch with the legal agents of the owners to work out a deal to correct the misconduct, while legalizing other illegal software programs being used for business purposes at the company. #Autodesk crack down on pirated software windows#A scrutiny of 38 computers being used at Viettronics for business purposes revealed, apart from some licensed software, 62 illegal applications, mostly popular office software programs including Microsoft Office or Microsoft Windows XP owned by Microsoft, and other software products owned by Autodesk, Adobe, among others.įacing the evidence, the Director of Viettronics signed off the audit minutes admitting that copying computer software without prior consent of the owner is a violation of current IPR laws. (Viettronics), headquartered at 204 No Trang Long, Ward 12, Binh Thanh Dist., HCMC, was orchestrated by the cross-department inspectors, representing the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture-Sports &Tourism and the Hi-tech Crime Police Department – C50 (Ministry of Public Security). ![]() Information from the inspectors indicate that an audit at Binh Hoa Electronic Joint stock Co. ![]()
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