Trademark in vietnam

Under the current IP Law of Vietnam, opposition is not considered as a seperate proceeding, it is only considered as a reference in the examination proceeding of trademark applications[...]

  On 27th December, 2024, the Intellectual Property Office issued Notice No. 4039/TB-SHTT regarding the unified application of the International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement, Version 12-2025. Accordingly, the new classification has been officially applied since 1st January, 2025 and it has been published on the...

Question: We would like to register trademark in Asean, please provide us the legal procedure and your fee? Answen: At your enquiry, we would like to send you our advice on this matter as below: 1. The time frame for procedure for registering trademark in ASEAN In order to register a trademark...

On February 15, 2025, SBLAW, in its role as an industrial property representative, received numerous emails from the intellectual property office of Vietnam regarding notifications related to the examination process of applications submitted to the Office. Accordingly, applicants can visit the Office's online search webiste, enter the code provided...

Question: Please offer the fees of change trademark owner name and address together and separately in Vietnam, the needing documents and time. Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you on the procedure and our fee schedule for recordal ofthe change of the trademark owner name/address in Vietnam as follows:Switch...

SBLAW FIRM’s IP department head Pham Duy Khuong provides ‘logical responses and shrewd advice’. The firm recently acted for an inventor, a Vietnamese national

To protect your trademark in Vietnam, we would like to advise you on procedure and our fee schedule in relation to the trademark registration proceeding in Vietnam as follows[...]

(1) Filing the application The application for a mark registration must be filed directly or by mail, to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam (NOIP) or its brand offices in Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang. Organizations, individuals of Viet Nam, foreign individuals permanently residing in Viet...

A trademark search prior to filing a trademark application is not compulsory, however it is highly recommended by us to save time and costs since the duration for trademark registration in Vietnam is rather long, in around one year[...]

According to Intellectual property law, there are some signs shall be ineligible for protection as marks:

Q: We are foreign company and would like to entrust your firm for the filing of a recordal of assignment request for the above-referenced Vietnamese trademark registration.   Please kindly advise us of your total charges for filing a recordal of assignment request for the above-referenced Vietnamese Trademark Registration, including both your...

A trademark search prior to filing a trademark application is not compulsory, however it is highly recommended by us to save time and costs since the duration for trademark registration in Vietnam is rather long, in around one year. [...]

If the trademark is granted, the NOIP shall request the applicant to pay the fee for the grant of a trademark, the fee for notification of the trademark grant decision, the registration fee and the fee for maintenance of the first year’s validity of the trademark[...]

1. Documents, samples, information identifying a mark registered for protection in a trade mark registration application include: