Trademark usage in Vietnam
After registering the mark, the applicant should be noted as below circumstances[...]
Vietnam Trademark Introduction
Trade marks are eligible for protection under Vietnamese law provided that these are visible signs in the form of letters, words, drawings or images including holograms, or a combination of these, represented in one or more colours.
In Vietnam three-dimensional signs (shapes) can be registered as trade marks, but trade...
Q&A: Recordal of change of company in trademark certificate in Vietnam
Q: We are considering changing our company name and wanted to ask you if we will need to make any changes to the ownership of our trademark if we do so.
Please advise.
A: Thanks for your following letter. It is advised that in case you change your company name, a recordal of...
UPDATE ON THE NEW EXAMINATION NOTIFICATION PROCESS FROM THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF VIETNAM
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...
Vietnam – Quotation for a new trademark application
Question: Please advise us the legal procedure to register trademark in Vietnam?
Answer: Thank you very much for your email regarding the subject matter. Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you on the procedure and our fee schedule in relation to the trademark registration proceeding...
Registration of the trademarks in Vietnam
If client would like to make the registration of the trademark in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to advise as follows[...]
The first to file principle of trademark registration in Vietnam
Viet Nam has adopted the first to file system, i.e. where two or more applications are filed by many different parties for registration of the same mark[...]
What is a trademark not to be capable of distinguishing under Vietnam IP Law?
A mark shall be deemed to be indistinctive if it is a sign falling into one of the following categories:
Notification of refusal trademark registration in Vietnam
If the applicant to whom the National Office Intellectual Property (NOIP) has sent a notice on its intended refusal of the application fails to correct errors or unsatisfactorily corrects errors or makes no opposition or makes unreasonable opposition to the intended rejection within the set time limit,[...]
Trademark assignment recordal in Vietnam
SBLAW would like to introduce the trademark assignment recordal in Vietnam as follows:
Intended trademark renewal in Cambodia with recordals
Question: Our company want to maintain its Cambodia trademark registration, would you please:
- Specify whether each above operation should be recorded, or we can skip these steps and record a transfer from A to B;
- If this first solution doesn’t apply, let us know, for each step, what documents...
Register a new trademark in Vietnam
Question: We want to proceed to register a new trademark in Vietnam.
We want to know how much is the cost to file an application of trademark in Vietnam (Official fees, attorney fees …all cost included)
Please could you send us the required information, so we can inform our client, and after we will...
Form of declaration of ownership of trademark in Myanmar
DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP OF TRADEMARK
I. _______, Authorised person of __________ a Company incorporated in the ________ and having its executive office at _______ (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:-
1. That the Company is the Owner and Sole Proprietor of the Trademark viz:
Instert...
Adopting the Vietnamese Version of the Nice Classification of Goods and Service 11-2018
From January 01, 2018, The Vietnamese version of the Nice Classification 11th Edition - version 2018 (NCL 11-2018), translated by the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) from the English version published by WIPO, will be applied to the classification of goods and services for trademark registrations.
Applicants who do...
Filing a renewal request and a recordal of applicant’s name change for a trademark application in Vietnam
Question: Please kindly advise us of your total charges for filing a renewal request and a recordal of applicant’s name change for a trademark registration, including your official fees, attorney fees, approximate disbursements, and taxes, if any.
Please also kindly provide us with all the documents needed for filing such...
