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...

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...

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....

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

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...

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

The shares are freely transferable, except as provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 81 and paragraph 5 of Article 84 of this Law. The transfer is done in writing in the usual way, or by hand delivery shares. The transfer papers must be signed by the transferor and transferee or their authorized representative to sign. The transferor remains the owner of the relevant share until the name of the transferee is registered in the register of shareholders.[...]

Decision in writing and a copy of the minutes of the Council meeting for members of a limited liability company with two members or more, the company's owner or council member or chairman of the company for the company limited a member of the Board of Directors of a joint stock company, the general partner of the partnership for the establishment of branches.[...]

Question: We are manufacturers of pharmaceutical formulations. We intend to register the brand names in Vietnam. Please advise process and formalities. Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you procedure and our fee schedule in relation to trademark registration in Vietnam as follows: FEE SCHEDULE 1.1      Trademark information -       Trademark: (Please specify) -       Class:...