Trademark

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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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 (imitation) application of trademark.  
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According to Vietnam trademark system, the “first to file” principle is also applied for protection of trademark in Vietnam. It means that the trademark registration will be granted to the individuals, legal entities who first filed the trademark application. Each application can be used for one trademark only. However, multi-class trademark applications are possible in
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