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28/04/2021 16:05 GMT+7
The National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) says the ST25 rice variety has been granted a Protective Certificate No 21.VN.2020 under Decision No 45/QD-TT-VPBH dated March 6, 2020 by the director of the Department of Crop Production.
Ho Quang Cua and ST25
The holders of this protection certificate are the private enterprise Ho Quang Tri and the creators of the rice variety – Ho Quang Cua, Tran Tan Phuong and Nguyen Thi Thu Huong.
Under the Intellectual Property Law (IP Law), in order to register for plant variety protection, registrants need to propose an appropriate name for the plant variety to the state management agency for rights over plant varieties, and that name must coincide with the name regis
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A consumer shops for ST25 rice at a store in HCM City. Commercialising intellectual property and using it for business growth was critical for SMEs in a post-pandemic world. VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI Support is to be provided to small and medium – sized enterprises (SMEs) enabling them to use intellectual property (IP) rights to build stronger, more competitive and resilient businesses, said Đinh Hữu Phí, Director of the Intellectual Property Office of Việt Nam.
SMEs took centre stage at this year’s celebration of World Intellectual Property Day (April 26) with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) Director General Daren Tang describing them as an engine for growth in a post-pandemic world.
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A customer holds a pack of ST25 rice in a shop in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City on April 23, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.
Vietnamese companies have repeatedly run into trouble in securing trademarks overseas because they are unaware, neglectful and reluctant to take the steps needed to protect their own brands.
ST25, the Vietnamese variety that won the World’s Best Rice contest in 2019, is in danger.
Ho Quang Cua, the farmer-scientist who led the research and development of this rice variety, which is grown in southern Vietnam, said that he hadn’t trademarked it in the U.S. earlier, because he did not foresee that it would be exported there and did not thoroughly understand international regulations.
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ST25 rice is displayed for sale at a store in HCMC, April 23, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.
A U.S. firm s application for the ST25 trademark has passed its examining attorney s review and will be published on May 4, which marks an initial approval.
Out of the five applications for ST25 submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) so far, the one made by I&T Enterprise Inc. has crossed the first stage.
The U.S firms had begun registering the trademarks ST25 and World’s Best Rice since last June, seeking to profit from the brand’s prestige.