Areas of practice

Question: I currently want to establish a foreign-invested company exercising trading activities in Vietnam. Could you please advise me on the procedures to establish this company? Answer: SB Law Limited Liability Company understands that Client is seeking legal advices on establishment of a company operating in trading services in Vietnam....

Question: I would like to ask for more details on registering a trademark in Vietnam. - What are the procedures needed? - Can a foreign individual / entity register a trademark in Vietnam? - How long is the process? - How much will it cost? Answers:  Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we...

In order to file patent in Vietnam, client should provide us the following form of Power of Attorney (POA)[...]

Pursuant to Article 10 Law on Standards and Technical Regulations, Vietnam's standard system include National Standards (“TCVN”), and Institution Standards (“TCCS”). If a company does not use TCVN, international standards (ISO, IEC…), regional standards (EU…), or foreign standards (JIS, ASTM, GB…) to its products, it shall at least have...

Investor: We are FDI company and are moving from the current office to the new office in the near future. Currently, we are looking for the firm to assist on registering the new office into our company license. May you please advise the procedure, timeline, scope of services and also the...

Question: Our company is looking for assistance with trademark matters in Vietnam. Please share your best discounted quotes for trademark services relating from pre-filing search till registration. Please share the official and professional quotes separately and preferably in INR or USD. Answer:  Concerning the subject matter, as one of the leading...

On June 30th 2021, The Ministry of Finance issued Circular 51/2021/TT-BTC Guiding the obligations of organizations and individuals in foreign investment activities on the Vietnamese stock market. Regulated entities - Foreign investors; - Groups of affiliated foreign investors; - Depository members, clearing members, securities companies, fund management companies, branches of foreign fund management...

Since the applied trademark under the application is confusingly similar to your trademark, you could file an opposition against the said trademark at National Office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam (NOIP).

SBLAW would like to introduce the Vietnam - Entry into National Phase of PCT Application as follows: 1. Timeframe for examination of a patent application. A patent application will be examined through the following process: i) Formality examination: The Patent application undergoes one-month formality examination counted from the filing date. ii) Publication: The...

Question: Our company would like to register a few trademarks in Vietnam for its cigarette.  I would be pleased if you could provide me with your current legal fee for the registration of trademark and also procedures and estimated time. I look forward to hearing from you. Answer: Regarding the subject matter,...