Registration of Franchise

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...

Power of attorney for filling patent in Vietnam

In order to file patent in Vietnam, client should provide us the following form of Power of Attorney (POA)[...]
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Opposition procedure of trademark at NOIP

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).

Consultation services on capital markets

S&B LAW has many years of experience in consulting stock markets and capital markets with skillful lawyers who have experience from financial companies as well as financial institutions. With deep and wide understanding of functioning of stock markets, we will surely suggest the best solutions to clients. The S&B Law also...

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...

Moving to the new office – registration of new office procedure

Investor: We are FDI company and are moving from the current office to the new office in the near future. Currently, we are looking for the firm to assist on registering the new office into our company license. May you please advise the procedure, timeline, scope of services and also the...

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...
Land Tax for Foreign Contractor in Vietnam

Company setup Vietnam

Client: Dear representative, Our company is currently considering to form a resident Limited Company (not off-shore) in Vietnam. Our main business activity can be described as FMGC import and distribution. The proposed ownership is 100% foreign. Would you please be so kind to share with us the procedures and costs for setting up...

Brand name registration in Vietnam

SBLAW would like to provide you the guide for brand name registration in Vietnam as follows:

INQUIRY FOR TRADEMARK SEARCH, FILING & REGISTRATION IN VIETNAM

In Vietnam, multi-class application is applicable. The basic fees are calculated based on the number of class of goods/services (G/S) in each application as well as the number of products designated in each class in the application.