Areas of practice

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...

Individuals when performing false advertising on social media channels shall bear legal obligations according to the law on protection of consumer's rights and the law on advertising.  1. Law on protection of consumers’ rights: Pursuant to the provisions of clause 1 Article 10 of the Law on protection of consumers’ rights...

As a intellectual property agent in Vietnam, SBLAW is conducting the trademark search and the result shall be available within 2-3 days.

Question: Our company would like to apply for 3 trade mark applications in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore using Vietnam as the office of origin. In this regard, appreciate if you can let us know on urgent basis by end of today the following information: your fees to file...

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...

In order to settle the alleged action of infringer, you should take the following actions:

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).

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...

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...

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...