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IP Office in Vietnam extends deadlines due to the drastic impacts from the fourth wave of the Covid-19 crisis

Due to the fight against the fourth wave of the Covid-19 crisis keeps raging on without a possibility of a swift cessation, The National Office of Intellectual Property há issued Notice No. 7581/TB-SHTT dated August 2, 2021, on the application of legal provisions on the time limit (deadline) for applicants affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. The acute respiratory infection epidemic caused by a new strain of Coronavirus (Covid-19 disease) is continuing to severely affect all aspects of the socio-economic development [...]

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IP Litigation & Enforcement Guide in Vietnam

There have been many questions and concerns about the procedure of IP litigation and IP enforcement in Vietnam. However, in the IP industry in Vietnam, we still haven’t had a clear guideline for rights holders as well as the parties related to its procedures. This article will address some common questions and concerns of the IP litigation and enforcement landscape in Vietnam, primarily the sections revolving around civil and criminal enforcement. Methods for enforcing IP rights in Vietnam The civil IP [...]

Vietnam’s Intellectual Property Law Amendment Draft: Improving IP representative’s quality

Vietnam’s Intellectual Property Law Amendment Draft: Improving IP representative’s quality

The recent proposals in Vietnam’s draft amendment of the Intellectual Property Law will help to shorten the administrative procedures. Furthermore, it also aims to improve both the quantity and quality of industrial property representatives. According to scientists at renowned universities and institutions, one of the most troublesome problems related to research result patent is to write a patent description (including a detailed description of the invention and its scope) – a required document when filing a patent application. To write [...]

Vietnam’s Luc Ngan lychee is granted the protection of geographical indications in Japan

Vietnam’s Luc Ngan lychee is granted the protection of geographical indications in Japan 

On December 15, 2019, after more than 5 years of negotiation between the two countries, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan has sent a letter to the Plant Protection Department announcing that the Vietnamese lychees have been granted the GI certificate in Japan. This means that this type of lychees in Bac Giang province can be exported directly to Japan. Throughout history, this is the first Vietnamese product to be granted a geographical indication certificate in [...]

Trademark registration fee in Vietnam

Trademark registration fee in Vietnam

Trademark registration in Vietnam is a procedure to protect exclusively the product / service name of an individual or organization. So whether this procedure costs a lot or not? This article will provide information on the fee of trademark registration in Vietnam in accordance with regulations of  the country. Definition of trademark registration Trademark registration is an administrative procedure carried out by the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam in the form of recording trademarks and owners in national registers [...]

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Vietnam’s trademark examination procedure has recently changed

The Vietnam Intellectual Property Office (NOIP) has made some adjustments to the country’s trademark examination process. Some of these yet-to-be-official updates are based on the following: Acceptability of LOC (letters of the consent) in trademark registration The VNIPO tends to accept a LOC if: 1) the applied-for trademark is not identical to the cited mark, and 2) the LOC contains information about the applied-for and cited marks, and the parties, and statements from the right owner of the cited mark. The legal status of cited [...]

Vietnam Temporarily Reduces Some IP Fees by 50%

Vietnam Temporarily Reduces Some IP Fees by 50%

In response to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam recently issued Circular No. 45/2020 / TT-BTC dated May 26, 2020 reduction of the registration fee for the use of foreign codes and barcodes and certain industrial property fees (“Circular 45”) as specified in Circular No. 263/2016 / TT-BTC dated November 14, 2016. According to Circular 45, the following fees as previously specified in Section A of the Schedule attached to Circular 263 will [...]

Vietnam: Training on using an intellectual property service platform IPPLATFORM

Vietnam: Training on using an intellectual property service platform IPPLATFORM

With industrial property databases integrated from many sources, the IPPLATFORM platform is an effective tool for government management and intellectual property-related services. The new intellectual property platform On April 10 in Hanoi, the seminar “Promoting the exploitation of information and managing industrial property services” was organized by the Vietnam Intellectual Property Research Institute (VIPRI – Ministry of Science and Technology). The seminar focused on the training of S&T departments on how to use the IPPLATFORM platform. This is the platform for [...]

Vietnam's Intellectual Property Law Amendment Draft Protecting property rights in a digital environment

Vietnam’s Intellectual Property Law Amendment Draft: Protecting property rights in a digital environment

One of the issues that lawyers and delegates attending the seminar “Consultation about the project to amend and supplement several articles of the Law on Intellectual Property” held in Ho Chi Minh City on 12/3/2021 concern is about the intellectual property rights in the digital environment. Most people expect this revision of the Intellectual Property Law will contribute to improving the efficiency of enforcement of intellectual property rights in Vietnam. In August 2020, VNG Corporation sued TikTok – a social networking [...]

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