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Time
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Content |
Details |
| 5 – 10 days | Examine trademark | Examine the ability to register the trademark sucessfully |
| 5 days | Draft application | |
| Month: 1st – 2nd | Formal examination | The application shall be examined about the form:– enough required documents;
– classsify goods/service exactly Results: The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) will Notice on Formality Acceptance for Applicant.
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| Month: 3rd – 4th | Publication on Industrial Property Gazette | Public the trademark application in the Official Gazette of Industrial Property and move to the process of substantive examination. |
| Month: 5th – 11th(maybe last more 2 months) | Substantive Examination | In this period, applications shall be substantively examined for evaluation of the eligibility for grant of protection titles for subject matters stated in such applications under protection conditions: If the mark meets the protective criteria, NOIP will grant a Trademark Registration Certificate for Applicant
If the mark does not fully satisfy the protection conditions, NOIP will issue a Rejection on Substantive (refusal) and Applicant could answer this Notice in 02 months.
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| Month: 11th – 13th | Issue and publication Trademark Registration Certificate | Application meets standard criteria: NOIP will issue a Notice on granting certificate and fees. Trademark Registration Certificate will be granted for Applicant and enter it in the national register of industrial property. |
