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Under Vietnam IP Law, trade mark means any sign, design or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others. The trade mark owner can be an organization or individual or any legal entity.

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...

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...

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: I am an inventor and an applicant of the "National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam". I applicated the patent in a private capacity (as natural person or individual). Field of my invention seems like "Electronics" or "Software". I will change current local agent in Vietnam. I think that I am...

Question: Our company intends to renew its trademark registration in Laos Would you please let us know the document(s) needed for such formality? Please quote. Answer: Regarding your requirement, we would like to advise you on the procedure and fee schedule in relation to the renewal proceeding in Laos as follows: Fee Schedule: Description Official...

Question: We would like to have a quotation of the costs from your firm, and also a latest schedule of charges of the trademark affaires you handle. Answer: Concerning the subject matter, as one of the leading Vietnamese law firms, we are capable of assisting you with handling all IP matters...

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[...]

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:  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...