Areas of practice

In order to file trademark in Vietnam, owner of trademark has to provide the Power of Attorney for us.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Question: What do I need to carefully considered intellectual property protection?

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...

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...

Question: Our company is intending to file a trade mark application in Vietnam. Please also let us have a breakdown of the fees (attorney fee, official fee and disbursements, if applicable) for the whole process, i.e. from the filing to the registration of the trade mark. Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the...