Việt Nam Intellectual Property Research Institute – English name: Vietnam Intellectual Property Research Institute (abbreviated as VIPRI) is a public science and technology institution under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). As stipulated in Decision No. 520/QD-BKHCN issued by the Minister of Science and Technology on April 9, 2025, the National Intellectual Property Research Institute has the following functions and tasks:
1. Intellectual Property Appraisal
a) Receive and conduct intellectual property appraisals upon requests or solicitations from individuals, organizations, and enterprises to support enforcement, protect intellectual property rights, and enhance the efficiency of the intellectual property protection system;
b) Provide scientific and practical evidence to unify interpretations of legal regulations on the scope of protection, similarity assessments, infringement evaluations, determination of damages due to intellectual property rights violations, and serve state management of intellectual property appraisal;
c) Develop and apply principles, procedures, methods, information tools, retrieval systems, and software for intellectual property appraisal.
2. Advisory, Support, and Consultancy Services on Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management
a) Provide legal assistance, knowledge, skills, and expertise in intellectual property and intellectual asset management to individuals, organizations, and enterprises;
b) Support individuals, organizations, and enterprises in exploiting intellectual property information;
c) Assist in the creation, establishment, exploitation, use, protection, and management of intellectual assets at central and local levels;
d) Advise on resolving conflicts, disputes, and complaints related to intellectual property;
e) Critique programs, policies, legal documents, and administrative regulations on intellectual property.
3. Training and Capacity Building in Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management
a) Organize seminars and conferences on intellectual property and intellectual asset management;
b) Develop training programs, compile lectures, and materials for intellectual property education;
c) Conduct training courses to build capacity in intellectual property and intellectual asset management;
d) Compile, translate, and publish guidelines, reference materials, and research findings on intellectual property;
e) Participate in disseminating and promoting intellectual property laws.
4. Research and Exploitation of Intellectual Property Information
a) Study the role of intellectual property information in scientific, technological, and innovation activities;
b) Research mechanisms, policies, and solutions to enhance patent information exploitation; analyze, classify, and evaluate patent data across economic-technical fields, industries, and markets; develop patent maps, study global and domestic patent trends (especially in strategic and high-tech sectors); manage and update patent-innovation and technology databases;
c) Develop management models and patent exploitation mechanisms to support universities, research institutes, and enterprises in commercializing patents; evaluate and identify patent exploitation needs for innovation and production optimization;
d) Lead or collaborate with MOST units to establish criteria, processes, and technical-economic indicators for patent and technology exploitation;
e) Identify technology and know-how from patents to meet individual, organizational, and enterprise needs; conduct research, design processes, and reverse engineering to improve patents, master technologies, and facilitate transfers;
f) Process technological information, assess characteristics, and determine the value of data and products provided by overseas science and technology representatives or other entities;
g) Identify suitable patents and advise on technology transfers; analyze and evaluate patents with commercialization potential; promote patents to interested parties; connect investors with patent owners;
h) Implement and advise on purchasing, refining, and scaling up small-scale effective patents/innovations for enterprise adoption;
i) Execute state-funded scientific tasks related to intellectual property information, including identification and transfer of patent rights and know-how;
k) Organize training on intellectual property information exploitation; promote best practices; honor outstanding organizations/individuals in patent exploitation; host conferences, forums, exhibitions, and inventor-investor linkages.
5. Scientific Research on Intellectual Property, Technology Exploitation, and Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout Designs
a) Issues related to creation, rights establishment, commercialization, development, protection, and management of intellectual property and assets;
b) Mechanisms and policies for intellectual asset management, innovation, and development;
c) Intellectual property protection mechanisms, development trends, and policy adaptation;
d) Study international experiences and their applicability in Vietnam;
e) Research technology identification, decoding, and extraction from patents and semiconductor integrated circuit layouts.
6. Signing Scientific and Technological Contracts
Enter into science and technology contracts and other agreements aligned with VIPRI’s functions; participate in state-funded bids/projects related to intellectual property, technology exploitation, and innovation.
7. International Cooperation
Engage in international collaboration on appraisal, support, consultancy, training, information exploitation, and scientific research in intellectual property.
8. Other Tasks
Perform additional duties assigned by the Minister of Science and Technology.