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28 May 2015AsiaTran Manh Hung and Bui Phuong

What the TPP would mean for patent law in Vietnam

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed multinational trade agreement. To date 12 countries are participating in negotiations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and the US. Several other countries have ‘shown interest’ in joining. Vietnam officially announced its participation in the negotiations in November 2010.

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