U.S. Official Says IP Progress Could Grow Vietnam Economy, Improve Under TPP

摘要

A U.S. official has said the Trans-Pacific Partnership would strengthen intellectual property protections in Vietnam, a country bespeckled with shops selling bootlegged films and software for as little as 50 cents. Such protections are key to lifting developing nations like Vietnam out of the "middle-income trap," according to Peter Fowler, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's intellectual property attache for Southeast Asia.