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Currently, the Ministry of Science and Technology, in cooperation with the VCCI, is collecting opinions on the new draft decree, in which Article 1 amend a number of provisions of Decree 99/2013/ND-CP on sanctions for administrative violations in Industrial property (“Draft”). The Draft aims to remove obstacles in the application of the law...

Question: We are an international enterprise software startup wishing to file for trademark application in Vietnam. Would you kindly email me your total cost for doing so? Thank you.

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...

In Vietnam, multi-class application is applicable. The basic fees are calculated based on the number of class of goods/services (G/S) in each application as well as the number of products designated in each class in the application.

1. LEGAL BASIS Decree No. 52/2013/ND-CP on E-commerce; Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT regulating the management of e-commerce websites; Circular No. 59/2015/TT-BCT prescribing the management of e-commerce activities via applications on mobile equipment; Circular No. 21/2018/TT-BCT amending a number of articles of Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT dated December 05, 2014 of the...

Power of Attorney for registering trademark in Vietnam

The shares are freely transferable, except as provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 81 and paragraph 5 of Article 84 of this Law. The transfer is done in writing in the usual way, or by hand delivery shares. The transfer papers must be signed by the transferor and transferee or their authorized representative to sign. The transferor remains the owner of the relevant share until the name of the transferee is registered in the register of shareholders.[...]

As a intellectual property agent in Vietnam, SBLAW is conducting the trademark search and the result shall be available within 2-3 days.

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....

SBLAW would like to give you the details of trademark registration in Vietnam as follows: Conducting trademark search (not required): Before filing application for trademark registration, in order to assure that your trademark is not identical or confusingly similar to the protected trademark in Vietnam, you should conduct a search for...