Areas of practice

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: 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...

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[...]

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of issuance of the business registration certificate, the limit for ordinary shares of founding shareholders are hereby repealed.

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 intends to allow a Vietnamese businessman to franchise in Ha noi. Kindly let me know the legal charges for the same. Answer: The franchisors from abroad have to franchise registration in Vietnam with Ministry of Industry and Trade. In franchising registration in Vietnam, we support clients in preparing and...

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...

Question: We are looking for a long-term cooperator regarding the patent issues in Vietnam. Here are some questions, please help us to answer them. 1.Your quotations for design, utility and patent from filing to issuance in Vietnam with related annuity. 2.The procedure for filing and granting of a design, a utility and a patent. 3....

After 7 years of implementation, Decree 72/2013/ND-CP (“Decree 72”) on the management of supply, use of Internet services and online information has revealed legal gaps: has not yet stipulated the responsibilities of telecommunications enterprises and service providers data center; cross-border game management issues. In order to better manage the environment of the Internet...

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.