IP enforcement in Vietnam

Answen: We are foreign company and have recently discovered that a few companies might have infringed its trademark rights and wishes to conduct searches on the companies to retrieve details of the companies and whether the companies are related. We may wish to take action against the companies if the...

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...

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...

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: We registered a trademark in Vietnam and would like to know how to provide Evidence for proving the use of your protected trademark in Vietnam? Answen: Regarding to the evidence for proving the use of your protected trademark in Vietnam, we would like to advise you as below: In related...

Intellectual property counterfeit goods referred to in this Law include goods bearing counterfeit marks and goods bearing counterfeit geographical indications (hereinafter referred to as counterfeit mark goods) and pirated goods [...]

The court shall issue decisions on cancellation of provisional urgent measures already applied