Right to register inventions in Vietnam According to Vietnam IP Law, the following organizations and individuals shall have the right to register inventions: (a) Authors who have created inventions, industrial designs or layout designs by their own labour and at their own expense; (b) Organizations or individuals who have supplied funds and material facilities to
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IP IN VIETNAM
Eligibility for patent protection in Vietnam An invention shall be eligible for protection in the form of the grant of an invention patent in Vietnam when it satisfies 03 (three) conditions: (a) It is novel; (b) It is of an inventive nature; (c) It is susceptible of industrial application. (i) Novelty of inventions: To meet
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A patent is a right granted to the owner of an invention to prevent others from making, using, importing or selling the invention without the owner’s permission. A patent may be obtained for a product or a process that gives a new technical solution to a problem or a new method of doing things, the composition of
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The following documents are required for a trademark application to be filed with the IP Office of Vietnam: (i) An application for trademark registration. (ii) Documents, samples, information identifying the trademark claimed for protection in a trademark application. (iii) Document attesting the entitlement to file an application if the applicant has been assigned that right
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Requisite Information: Full name, address and nationality of the applicant; Description of the trademark: meaning, colors claimed, translation or transliteration of characters into English if the mark contains foreign characters; List of goods/services to be covered by the trademark and if possible, the class(es) of the respective goods/services according to the International Classification (if known);
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Right to register trademark in Vietnam In general, an entity or individual shall be entitled to file an application for a trademark to be used for the goods or services produced or supplied by such entity or individual. Vietnam adopts the first-to-file principle, which grants exclusive trademark rights to the first party that applies for
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A trademark, as provided under Vietnam IP Law, is defined as a sign used to distinguish goods or services of different organizations or individuals. Trademarks under the laws of Vietnam can be categorized in five types as follows: (i). Trademark including service mark means any sign used to distinguish goods and/or services of different organizations
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1. Definition “using trademark in Vietnam” According to Article 125.5 of 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 sale or stocking
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