IP enforcement in Vietnam

SBLAW would like to inform you the required documents for settling the infringement and border control in Vietnam as below:

Question: Our company is seeking for the assistance in order to settle the infringement action against their intellectual property right in Vietnam, please provide us SBLAW’s legal service in this field? Answen: Regarding this matter, SBLAW would like to confirm that we could assist your company in settling the infringement...

Question: According to Article 128.1 of the Intellectual Property Law, applicants for licenses for trading in or circulating pharmaceuticals or agrochemical products need to specifically request such data to be kept secret. Please also access the compliance of Article 128 with the Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement. Answer: In...

In the following cases, organizations and individuals shall have the right to request competent agencies to apply preventive measures to secure the administrative sanctioning[...]

Criminal punishment shall be applied to those person who deliberately commit acts of infringement of the copyright, related rights and industrial property rights to the trademarks and geographical indications being protected in Vietnam at the commercial scale.  Upon detecting a sign of an IPR infringement offence under Articles 170a and...

Question: We are foreign company and would like to register Music Copyright registration in Vietnam, please provide us the quoation? Answer:  Thanks for your conservation concerning the subject matter. Regarding your enquiries, we would like to advise you on procedure and our updated fee schedule in relation to the copyright registration proceeding...

In 05 April 2016, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Planning and Investment issued the Joint Circular No. 05/2016 / TTLT BKHCN-MPI detailed regulations and guidelines for case handling trade name infringement of industrial property rights. This Joint Circular apparently shall become effective on May 20, 2016. SBLAW would...

Stay the completion of customs procedures This measure of stay of the completion of customs procedures shall be taken at the request of the holder of an IPR protected in Vietnam, in order to collect information and evidence about a goods shipment to enable the IPR Holder to exercise his/her...

One Manufacturing rubber glove Company sent a request to Market Supervisor of Binh Duong and request them to settle the infringement action against their industrial design in Vietnam of the Client.

Lawyer Nguyen Tien Hoa, parter of SBLaw has joined the IPR roundtable at American Center, Diamond Plaza, HCMC. As part of the series of activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg has visited Vietnam and accompanied by...

This process of handling trademark infringement in Vietnam includes the following steps:

After launching products in to the Vietnam market, your company may face with infringement by other company, which are local companies or even companies from other Asian countries[...]

Upon a dispute over IPRs, the right holder might initiate a civil lawsuit to the provincial or municipal people’s court to request for its settlement or application of the following remedies:    To compel the infringing party to terminate the act of infringement;  To compel the infringing party to make a public...

The prolonged patent examination process remains a major concern for many inventors and enterprises looking to enter the Vietnamese market. Having to wait years for a patent grant can lead to missed commercialization opportunities or render the technology obsolete before it even receives protection. To provide readers with a comprehensive...

Administrative procedures shall be taken against the organizations and individuals committing one of the following acts of IPR infringement:    Infringing IPRs and therefore causing losses to the author, owner, consumers or the public;  Producing, importing, transporting or dealing in counterfeit goods under Article 213 of the IP Law or assigning others to...