Vietnam: ASEAN Patent Examination Co-Operation (ASPEC) Program
The ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC) is the first regional patent work-sharing program among ASEAN IP Offices, with objective of reducing duplication of the patent search and examination (S&E) work, thereby saving time and improving the quality of S&E results.
Currently, almost all the ASEAN member states (AMS) are part...
Fake, low quality pesticides ‘out of control’
HCM CITY – A severe shortage of funds and personnel has resulted in such loose management of pesticides in the southern region that most of the market is “out of control,” agriculture officials say.
Each province has just two inspectors working for the Cultivation and Plant Protection Division. These two...
Vietnam rubber trademark announced
The Vietnamese rubber trademark, “Vietnam Rubber”, has been accredited by the National Office of Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The accreditation came after two years of administrative procedures. It covers 11 products classified into three categories – natural rubber, industrial rubber and rubber-wood.
Currently, the Vietnam Rubber...
IP rights must be ensured: official
HCM CITY – Protection of intellectual property will be an essential factor to further innovation and economic growth of the country, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology has said.
Speaking at the International Innovation Business Forum held in HCM City yesterday, deputy minister Trần Việt Thanh said...
Counterfeiting on the Rise in Vietnam
The Market Surveillance Agency (MSA) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, one of the bodies enforcing intellectual property and compliance laws in Vietnamese market, has been very active in the course of 2016. Since the beginning of this year it has made nearly 150,000 inspections and found evidence...
SBLAW Is Ranked Top 1 In The Field Of Intellectual Property By The Legal 500
SBLAW is ranked by The Legal 500 as Top 1 by the Legal 500 for the year of 2018, we would like to show the comments from this organisation.
SB LAW’s ‘professional, responsive and experienced team’ provides ‘an excellent service’. Pham Duy Khuong advises well-known Vietnamese and international businesses on...
PROTOCOL AMENDING THE WTO TRIPS AGREEMENT OFFICIALLY ENTERED INTO FORCE
On the sidelines of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos City, Switzerland (Davos 2017), in the morning of 19 January (local time), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo. At the...
SBLAW has been ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 Edition
We are so honored to be once again ranked in Tier 2 of Leading Intellectual Property local firms in Vietnam in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 Edition.
Please see this following link:
https://www.legal500.com/c/vietnam/intellectual-property-local-firms/
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SB LAW advises domestic and international clients on a range of trademark, patent, industrial design and...
Vietnam promotes e-filing system at intellectual property office
Vietnam will work harder to raise public awareness of e-filing system in intellectual property (IP) registration, which has been put into place earlier this year by the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP), said Le Ngoc Lam, NOIP deputy head.
The system benefits both file submitters and IP...
Vietnam elected WIPO General Assembly Chairman
Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, the WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has been elected Chairman of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) General Assembly for 2018-2019.
The election was made by representatives of all 191 WIPO member countries at the WIPO...
Record Year for International Patent Applications in 2016; Strong Demand Also for Trademark and Industrial Design Protection
China’s ZTE Corporation overtook its crosstown rival Huawei Technologies as the biggest filer of international patent applications via WIPO in 2016 and U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. claimed third position amid another year of strong demand for WIPO’s intellectual property filing services for patents, trademarks and industrial designs.
Overall, applicants based in...
The Minister of Science and Technology has handed over the Decision on appointment of the Director General of the National Office of Intellectual Property and De
On 06/3/2017, the Minister of Science and Technology has announced and handed over the Decision appointing Mr. Dinh Huu Phi to hold the position of Director General of the National Office of Intellectual Property and Mr. Pham The Dung to hold the position of Deputy Director General of the...
Valued Added Tax on IP Licensing in Vietnam
Until last month, it was understood that no Intellectual Property license was subject to value added tax VAT under Vietnamese law, benefiting from an exemption based on the principle that technology transfers, being beneficial to the Vietnamese economy, were to be encouraged. This, however, has changed after the Ministry...
Australia: IP Australia launches intellectual property mediation service
On 10 July 2017, IP Australia launched its IP Mediation Referral Service. The intent of the service is to encourage intellectual property disputes to be resolved more cost effectively through mediation instead of litigation or other adversarial procedures. What is the IP Mediation Referral Service
The IP Mediation Referral Service...
Patent Expert Issues: Computer Programs and Business Methods
Computer technology penetrates nearly all areas of our life, not only in business environments but also in daily surroundings. But a computer cannot operate without instructions. These instructions, so-called computer programs or software, may be incorporated in the computer or any other apparatus, but are often stored, reproduced and...
