On September 30, 2024, Circular 06/2024/TT-BKHCN was issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology to amend and supplement Circular 11/2015/TT-BKHCN providing guidelines for Decree 99/2013/ND-CP on administrative sanctions in industrial property. Below are some notable new points of this Circular to be addressed by organizations and individuals:
(i) Amending the application of preventive measures and assurance of handling administrative violations against unfair competition related to the appropriation or use of domain names;
(ii) Amending and supplementing the method to determine the amount of illegal gains obtained from administrative violations;
(iii) Amending and supplementing regulations on violations of industrial property on the Internet.
