Industrial Design in Vietnam

If client would like to file an industrial design in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide our guidance as follows:

On November 22, 2024, in Riyadh, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) officially adopted the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT). This is a historical milestone aimed at establishing common standards for the application and management of industrial designs, helping designers protect their work internationally more easily, quickly, and cost-effectively....

SBLAW is honored to act as the intellectual property representative for VITACO Import-Export Co., Ltd., assisting in the successful registration and protection of the industrial design for its fish sauce product label. Filed under application No. 3-2023-02525 with the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam on October 26, 2023, the design...

(1) Filing the application In order to obtain right for industrial design in Viet Nam,you must file the application for granting an industrial design patent,directly or by mail,to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam (NOIP) or its brand offices in Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang. Organizations,individuals...

Where an applicant for registration of an industrial design knows that such industrial design is being used by another person without prior use right for commercial purposes[...]

Use of an industrial design is regulated by Vietnam IP law as follows:

SBLaw would like to provide legal service for filling industrial design in Vietnam as follows:

The required document for filling industrial design in Vietnam is as follows:

In the modern marketplace, the visual and aesthetic appearance of a product—including its shape, configuration, and packaging pattern—is the primary driver for consumer attraction and brand distinctiveness. Consequently, industrial designs are highly vulnerable to unauthorized imitations and piracy by competitors. Securing an exclusive industrial design patent is the single...

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design registration application include a description and a set of photos or drawings of such industrial design[...]

1. Minimum documents - 02 Declaration for registration which are typed according to form No. 03-KDCN Appendix A of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN; - 01 copy of the industrial design description; . - 04 sets of photos or 04 sets of drawings of an industrial design. - Fee and charge receipts. 2. Other documents (if...

In the highly competitive footwear and fashion industry, aesthetic appearance and structural product contours are the primary drivers of brand valuation and consumer conversion. To safeguard creative intelligence and preemptively block product design cloning by market rivals, securing exclusive industrial design protection is a non-negotiable business strategy. SBLAW is proud...

  The fee for filling an industrial design application in Vietnam. In order to file an industrial design application in Vietnam, the applicant has to pay the following fee: 1.1.Fee for filing an application for industrial design application (*) - Additional charge for each additional variation from 2nd one 1.2. Claiming priority right (for each...

Before the NOIP issues any of notices specified at Point 17.1.a of this Circular, an applicant may request the NOIP to record the transfer of his/her application to another person.

The applicant may divide,on his/her own initiative or upon the request of the NOIP,his/her application (division and transfer of one or several technical solutions in an invention registration application[...]