Intellectual property litigation attorneys, especially those in the patent field, are always looking for verdicts that can be viewed as landmarks in the interpretation and practical application of Vietnam's laws and regulations. One such verdict was issued by the People's Court of Binh Duong Province on July 17 2019 in a patent infringement case between a European pharmaceutical company and one of Vietnam's largest manufacturers of generic drugs. The court's judgment provided a number of tantalising "firsts" in terms of legal milestones, addressing questions about provisions found in legal documents that had previously never been enforced in practice.
