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...
TRADEMARK RENEWAL IN VIETNAM
Question: We are foreign company and kindly provide us with your best quotation (flat fee) for filing trademark renewal in Vietnam.
When reverting, please also provide us with the requirements for the same.
Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you on the procedure and our...
Recordal of assignment/licence agreement of trademark in Vietnam
The assignment of a registered mark/pending application should be recorded with the TM Office as soon as possible to make it legally effective and enforceable. To recordal of an assignment agreement, the following documents are required at the time of filing[...]
Q&A: Trademark application in Cambodia
Q: Regarding the captioned matter, we would ask you as follows:
We are Hongkong company who plan to file a trademark application in Cambodia in future, and would ask you you to make an estimate of the following:
1) Trademark availability search fee
2) Trade Mark application filing fee (includes official fee...
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...
IP matter concerning to the pharmaceutical products in Vietnam.
In IP aspect, set-out requirement are included as but not limited to the following:
Trademarks registration information
Question: We are a USA company specialized in wine exportation. We would like to register a Trademark in Vietnam in order to extend our company to this market. We plan to register a logo, relating to the selling of bottles of wine.
We would like to know approximately the detailed...
Refuse to accept the valid application in Vietnam
The refusal accept the valid application of trademark registration is realized as follows[...]
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,[...]
Protect your business name in Vietnam
In Vietnam, business name is considered as trademark. Thus, in order to protect your business name, you should register the trademark in Trademark Office of Vietnam (NOIP).
ASSERTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: SBLAW SUCCESSFULLY SECURES COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION FOR “MEMBERSHIP 4.0” COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR MEMBEE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.
In the era of digital transformation, software is not merely an operational tool but the core intellectual property of technology enterprises. Establishing copyright in a timely manner serves as a vital legal "shield" to protect intellectual labor and prevent any unauthorized replication of source code.
SBLAW is honored to have...
Registration applications on trademark in Vietnam
1. Documents, samples, information identifying a mark registered for protection in a mark registration application include:
Hong Kong – Quotation for new trademark application
SBLAW would like to advise you of the procedure and our fee schedule in relation to the trademark registration proceeding in Hong Kong as follows:
SCOPE OF WORKS
In case SBLaw is your representative, we will have obligations as below:
Providing legal advice on registration of the applied works in accordance...
Q&A: Possible new trademark application in Vietnam
Q: Now we are a USA company who would like to file one trademark application under four classes without claiming priority in USA. Before their formal application, we would like to perform a trademark availability search for the four classes first. And we would like to entrust your esteemed...
Trademark Cancellation Proceeding in Vietnam
A cancellation action may be filed by any third party at any time within five (5) years from the date of registration if it can be evidenced that the mark does not meet the criteria for protection[...]
