The first-to-file principle for filling patent application in Vietnam
Viet Nam adopts the first-to-file system, i.e. where two or more applications are filed by many different parties for registration of the same invention[...]
Register your Patent In Cambodia
If you would like to register your patent in Cambodia, SBLAW would like to give you some information about the legal procedure of filling patent in Cambodia as follows:
(Q&A) Trademark, Patent, Utility Model and Design in Vietnam
Q: We're an IP firm in HongKong. We have clients interested in registering patent, utility model, design and trademarks in Vietnam. Could you please send us your fee schedule with the best price you could offer, and forms required for filing?
A: As the leading Vietnamese IP law firm, we...
Maintenance of validity of patents
To have the validity of his/her invention protection title maintained, a protection title holder shall pay a validity maintenance fee within six months before the expiration of the validity term[...]
Competence and procedures for licensing of inventions under compulsory decisions
The Science and Technology Ministry shall issue decisions on licensing of inventions based on the consideration of requests for licensing in the cases below after consulting opinions of the Science and Technology Ministry[...]
Vietnam – Filing new utility solution
In order to file an utility solution application in Vietnam, client is required to provide with us the following document:
Conversion of Vietnam patent applications
Before the NOIP issues a notice of its refusal to grant a protection title or a decision on the grant of a protection title[...]
Required documents of patent application in Vietnam
To file a patent in Vietnam, required documents of patent application are as follows
Vietnam – Quotation for Entry into National Phase of PCT Application
Question: I want a patent registration through PCT in Vietnam. If you can, please advise me as following matters.
1) How long and how much does it cost to completion?
2) Any other documents needed?
Answer: We refer with thanks to your email concerning the above matter and we would like to advice...
Issuing the Patent Certificate in Vietnam
If the patent is granted, the NOIP shall request the applicant to pay the fee for the grant of a patent, the fee for notification of the patent grant decision, the registration fee and the fee for maintenance of the first year’s validity of the patent[...]
How to protect our patent in Vietnam?
Question: We would like to know the procedure for protecting the patent in Vietnam, please advise?
Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you procedure in relation to the patent registration proceeding in Vietnam as follows:
1.PATENT/UTILITY SOLUTION REGISTRATION
Protection criteria:
A patent shall be eligible for...
Patent Examination Procedure in Vietnam
Applicants should be aware of the examination process a patent going through the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam (NOIP). This process is begun with the filing of a patent application with NOIP and completed by granting a patent.
(1) Filing the application
In order to obtain the patent...
Characters of invention
An invention shall be considered novel if it has not yet been publicly disclosed through use or by means of a written description or any other form, inside or outside the country, before the filing date or the priority date, as applicable, of the invention registration application[...]
Protection of Utility model in Cambodia
SBLAW - an IP international Agent would like to introduce some information about the procedure of filling Utility Model in Cambodia as follows:
Right of prior use of inventions
Where a person has, before the publication date of an invention registration application, used or prepared necessary conditions for use of an invention identical with the protected invention stated in such registration application but created independently [...]

















