Areas of practice

Question: We would very much appreciate a short cost estimate covering your services and the official fees for entering national stage of an international patent application in Vietnam. Answer: Regarding the subject matter, as one of the leading Vietnamese law firms, we are capable of assisting you with handling all IP matters...

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...

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...

Question: Our company is considering to transfer a right of Vietnam trademark registration to other company in Japan. Please provide us with your estimated costs and necessary documents. Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you on the procedure and our fee schedule for recordal...

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...

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.

After a period of three years from the date of issuance of the business registration certificate, the limit for ordinary shares of founding shareholders are hereby repealed.

Question:  Dear Sir, We recently signed a new project name  in HCMC, however we wish to have your advice if it is necessary for us to register: -          Compnay Project Trademark in VN; and -          Company Project Saigon brand in VN for copyright. If...

SBLAW would like to advise client about the Patent registration proceeding in Vietnam  as below: 1. Procedure a. Protection criteria: A patent shall be eligible for protection in the form of the grant of a Patent for Invention/Utility Solution when it satisfies the following conditions:   Being novel Being of an inventive step Being susceptible of industrial application Patent for invention P P P Patent for utility solution P P   b. Validity of Patent for Patent/Utility Solution: Patent for Invention shall have...

In case the foreign patent owner would like to enter the national phase with patent office of Vietnam, SB Law advises the procedure and fee for registering a PCT application in Vietnam as hereafter[...]