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Our firm’s practices cover Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. We pride ourselves in providing a full range of advice and Patent services to clients, from the registration, prosecution, transactional services to litigation and enforcement of IP rights. We have the most reliable, experienced and knowledge Patent Attorneys in biology, electricity,

Competent authorities: Scientific and Technological Inspectorates (including Inspectorate of Ministry of Science & Technology and Inspectorate of Departments of Science & Technology located in provinces of Vietnam); Market Management Offices; Customs Offices; Police Agencies. Flowchart of handling IPR infringement under administrative proceedings in Vietnam as follow:  (download)     Procedure: 

Registration in the trend of global integration in trade and legislation, Vietnam promulgated the Law on Intellectual Property 2005 (IP Law), in which regulations on opposition are particularly stipulated. In the context of increasing imitation of trademark. Opposition procedure facilitates trademark examination and became an effective administrative measure against misappropriated

1. Definition “using trademark in Vietnam”   According to the Intellectual Property Law, using trademark in Vietnam means the performance of the following acts: a/ Affixing the protected mark on goods, goods packages, means of business, means of service provision, transaction documents in business activities; b/ Circulating, offering, advertising for

Inventors or Organizations or individuals who have supplied funds and material facilities to inventors in the form of job assignment or hiring have the right to file patent application in Vietnam. Inventors of inventions mean persons who have personally created such industrial property objects. Where two or more persons have jointly

An Industrial design means a specific appearance of a product embodied by three-dimensional configurations, lines, colors, or a combination of these elements. An industrial design should be filed at the earliest possible time or before an article is disclosed to the public. Prior disclosure before filing will destroy the novelty of the

As far as you may know, in order to acquire protection of industrial design in Vietnam, an application will be evaluated in two stages examination (formality and substance). If any problem occurs during these processes, two respectively official notices will be issued, as: – Notice of result of examination as

1. What is Trademark license? Trademark licenses means the permission by the owner of such trademark for another organization or individual to use the trademark within the scope of his/her use right. Licensing of the trademark must be established in the form of written agreement. According to Vietnam trademark system,

Assignment of a trademark right means the transfer of ownership right by owner of such trademark right to another organization or individual. Trademark Assignment in Vietnam be established in the form of written agreement. Oral agreements, letters or telegrams shall not be accepted and have no legal effect. 1. Required

Dealing with infringement of intellectual property rights in Vietnam Under Vietnam IP Law relation to dealing with infringement of intellectual property rights, the owner of registered mark has rights to perform some measures as following: • Warning action: to inform the infringer or fake product manufacturer of their rights and require the

The whole procedure from filing to registration is shown in the flow chart below.     (1)     Filing the application The application for a mark registration must be filed directly or by mail, to the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IPVN) or its brand offices in Ho Chi Minh

The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Viet Nam) announces the adoption of the Vietnamese version of the International patent classification 2020.01 (IPC 2020.01) from January 1, 2020. The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Viet Nam) announces the adoption of the Vietnamese version of the International patent classification 2020.01