Intellectual Property

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...

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).

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...

As one of the leading Vietnamese trademark law firms, we are capable of assisting you with handling all IP matters in Vietnam in an efficient and cost-competitive manner.

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.

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...

CLIENT hereby entrust SBLAW to be CLIENT’s representative for conducting the registration of industrial design in Vietnam, SBLAW implements fully and integrally entrusted works as specified as follows: I.AUTHORIZED WORKS Providing advices on  the industrial design registration procedure in Vietnam before officially filing Industrial design application in Vietnam Preparing all the necessary...

Question: We're looking for the agency who is able to register our trademark in Vietnam. Please reply us with documents we need to prepare and the service fee for the whole process. Answer: Regarding the subject matter, as one of the leading Vietnamese law firms, we are capable of assisting you...

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...