Hanoi Computer continues being found violating IPR

December 27, 2013 | 14:49

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Officials from the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports & Tourism and the Police early this month conducted a joint inspection against Hanoi Computer located at 43 Lang Ha, Hanoi and found ASUS, LENOVO AND ACER computers and hardisks that were installed with unauthorised Microsoft software including Windows 8 pro, Windows 7 Ultimate and Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007.

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Being one of the leading companies in the retail of IT products, but this is not the first time the company has been raided for violations of intellectual property rights. Previously on May 8, 2013, the local authorities discovered the unauthorised Microsoft software installations at its store located at 131 Le Thanh Nghi in Hanoi.

Hanoi Computer signed the Inspection Minutes to acknowledge its violation and admitted to using pirated software for their own business. Also, it committed to comply with the current regulations and to correct the violations in due course. Moreover, Hanoi Computer will face the administrative sanctions that are expected to be imposed shortly.

In recent years, many campaigns executed by the Vietnam Copyright Office, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Business Software Alliance to help change Vietnamese people’s perception, habit on using legal software as well as increase their awareness of respecting IPR laws which have positive impacts on creating a healthier ICT industry to contribute to the development of the whole national economy.

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