New Draft Decree amending the sanctions for administrative violations in Industrial property

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...

Intellectual property protection

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

Renewal and recordal of change of address of trademark in Vietnam

Renewal and recordal of change of address of trademark in Vietnam

SBLAW FIRM has been recommended in the Intellectual property areas by The Legal 500

SBLAW FIRM has been recommended in the Intellectual property areas by The Legal 500.

VNIPO temporarily ceases in person activities at its Office in Da Nang City

Abstract Facing the complicated situation caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, and following the instructions in Dispatch 4537/UBND-KGVX dated July 22nd, 2021 of the People's Committee of Da Nang City on the implementation of the supplementing urgent measures in the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic, to contribute to the protection of public health,  the Intellectual...
Guidance for registering patent in Vietnam

Vietnam Patent Protection

The fee for filling a patent application in Vietnam. In order to file a patent application in Vietnam, the applicant has to pay the following [...]

Power of Attorney for registering trademark in Vietnam

Power of Attorney for registering trademark in Vietnam

Inquiry of transference of a right of trademark registration in Vietnam

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...

Vietnam – Entry into National Phase of PCT Application

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...