Company: KNRX
Filing Date: 2025-09-02
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-012564
Chunk: 118

Company: KNOREX LTD.
Filing Date: 2025-09-02
Form: F-1/A
Chunk 118
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 existing company; or (iii) through a business cooperation contract (BCC) with domestic investors. The general licensing procedures will be comprised of: (i) obtaining capital acquisition approval (in certain cases of capital/share acquisition); and (ii) obtaining/amending an enterprise registration certificate and an investment registration certificate. Merger filing may also be required in certain cases of capital/share acquisition.

During the operation term, any changes to the contents of the investment registration contents or enterprise registration contents must be registered or notified with the licensing authorities. The amended investment registration certificate or enterprise registration certificate or confirmation on changes to enterprise registration contents (where applicable) will be issued accordingly.

Intellectual Property Rights Laws

The principal statute currently governing intellectual property rights is Law No. 50/2005/QH11 on Intellectual Property coming into effect from July 1, 2006, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

Copyright

Authors who use their own time, finance and material or technical facilities to create works shall have the moral rights and the economic rights under the laws. Meanwhile, an organization which assigns its staff or engages an author to create a work shall have certain moral rights and economic rights, unless otherwise agreed. No copyright registration is compulsory in Vietnam.

Trademark and industrial design

Registration of trademark or industrial design is not compulsory under laws of Vietnam either. An organization may register for protecting its (i) industrial designs the creation of which is funded by such organization in the form of job assignment or engagement with authors (unless otherwise legally agreed) and (ii) trademarks in relation to the products produced or services provided by such organization, from unlawful usage by third parties.

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A certificate of registered trademark shall be valid from the grant date until the end of ten years from the filing date, and may be renewed for many consecutive terms, each of ten years. An industrial design patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of five years from the filing date, and may be renewed for two consecutive terms, each of five years.

Personal Data Protection Laws

The principal legislation currently governing matters in relation to personal data protection are Law No. 24/2018/QH14 on Cyber Security which has come into effect since January 1, 2019, Decree No. 53/2022/ND-CP which has come into effect since January 1, 2022 and Decree No. 13/2023/ND-CP which has come into effect since July 1, 2023.

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