What is Geographical indication?
According to the Article 22.2 in Intellectual property Law of Vietnam
Geographical conditions relevant to geographical indications
According to the Article 82 in Intellectual Property Law, Geographical conditions relevant to geographical indications as[...]
Right to register geographical indications
According to the Article 88 in Vietnam Intellecutal property Law, The right to register Vietnamese geographical indications belongs to the State[...]
General conditions for geographical indications eligible for protection
According to the Article 79 in Vietnam Intellectual Property, A geographical indication shall be protected when it satisfies the following conditions[...]
Substantive Examination of GI application in Vietnam
The purpose of substantive examination of GI applications is to assess the eligibility of objects claimed in the application under the requirements and corresponding protection scope[...]
Refuse to accept the valid application under Vietnam IP Law
The refusal accept the valid application of Vietnam Industrial design registration is realized as follows:
Issue the GI Registration Certificate
If the Geographical Indication Registration Certificate is granted, the NOIP shall request the applicant to pay the fee for the grant of a GI Registration Certificate , the fee for notification of the Registration Certificate grant decision, the registration fee and the fee for maintenance of the first year’s validity of the patent[...]
Notification of substantive examination results in Vietnam
On the date of expiration of the time limit for substantive examination of an application at the latest, the NOIP shall send to the applicant one of the following notices[...]
GRANT OF PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION “KAMPONG SPEU” FOR PALM SUGAR
On 28 December 2016, the National Office of Interlectual Property of Viet Nam issued Decision No. 5046/ QĐ-SHTT on granting Geographical Indication Certification No. 00053 for the infamous Kampong Speu palm sugar.
The name of “Kampong Speu” is related to sugar production and palm sugar is known as a traditional...
Filing the Geography Indication Application
Filing the Vietnam Geography indication application is carried out as following:
Reputation, quality and characteristics of products bearing geographical indications
According to the Article 81 in Intellectual Property Law, provisions of reputation, quality and charcteristics of products as follows[...]
Procedures for Obtaining a Geographical Indication
In order to reach the Geographical Indication registration certificate , the applicants have to fulfill the whole examination procedure consists of following steps[...]
Subject matters not protected as geographical indications
According to the Article 80, there are some subject matters shall not be protected as geographical indications, includes[...]
The application for a Vietnam GI registration
The GI application shall consist of the following documents:
