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25 November
Pre-filing trademark search in Vietnam – A small but significant step!
Download Numerous business owners believe that the brand or logo they created is original and unique, hence it is unquestionably possible to register/protect. Applying to register a trademark application in a hurry is a common mistake made by many Vietnamese businesses. Occasionally, the price they pay for their hurry is not inexpensive. If you risk using your trademark without determining if it is comparable to or in conflict with the marks of other companies or individuals, you run the danger of becoming embroiled in a dispute or being forced to become engaged in one. 1. Why is it important to conduct an...
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How to overcome Vietnam’s refusal of allegedly descriptive trademarks?
Download Numerous trademark applications in Vietnam are denied for the following reasons: The trademarks do not meet the protection requirement since they are regarded as descriptive of the goods/services in question. Trademarks that include only signs used in commerce to indicate the type, quality, quantity, intended use, value, place of origin, of the goods, or the time of manufacture, or signs that have become customary in Vietnam, are considered descriptive of certain properties or characteristics of the intended goods/services, and thus cannot perform the function of trademarks and are not protected. There are numerous trademarks that, at first look, appear to...
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How did “DING TEA” milk tea win the brand battle in Cambodia?
Download 1. Cambodia is an emerging market that attracts substantial foreign investment in Southeast Asia. Every year, tens of thousands of trademark applications are filed directly in Cambodia or through the Madrid system, and millions of registered trademarks have been published in the national register. Therefore, securing a trademark registration in Cambodia is not a simple course of action, because it is very easy for a mark to be deemed confusingly similar to an earlier mark, not to mention the fact that many trademark applications may be rigidly refused by the examiner. Then, without the support of IP attorneys with extensive...
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Building up your brand in 20 years in Vietnam, but losing it in a few days. WHY?
Download In June 2022, Hoa Sen Co., Ltd., (HOA SEN) the owner of the "ZACOPE" trademark for pure drinking water products, complained to KENFOX IP & Law Office, "I don't understand why the company's sales in the first half of the year have dropped so drastically." HOA SEN did investigation and found that rivals utilized similar labels bearing the trademark "ZACOP." A check of the protection title, however, revealed that the registration of the trademark had expired. This occurs because the previous employee resigns and transfers the trademark to the new employee, who is unaware of the requirement to renew the...
Continue reading 18 October
KENFOX IP & Law Office – Your Strategic IP Partner
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Vietnamese Download [Counsel – this is an excellent summary of the circumstances and incredibly helpful. We are so appreciative of your excellent and prompt and comprehensive help] Client quote, Ms. Julia Anne Matheson [We will do as KENFOX suggests.], [As long as our company exists, only KENFOX is working as a partner] Client quote, KIPC “We have worked with 3 IP service providers in Vietnam, but we choose KENFOX as our strategic partner because we feel the professionalism, dedication in each case you do for our customers” Client quote, Mr. Yim Dong Sook We cannot thank you enough for your kind feedback. It is not...
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KENFOX IP & Law Office – Đối tác SHTT chiến lược của bạn
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Tải về (Thưa luật sư - đây là một bản tư vấn tóm tắt bối cảnh xuất sắc và vô cùng hữu ích. Chúng tôi đánh giá rất cao sự giúp đỡ hiệu quả, nhanh chóng và toàn diện của Quý Công ty). (Chúng tôi sẽ làm như KENFOX đề xuất], [Một khi công ty của chúng tôi còn tồn tại, sẽ chỉ có KENFOX là đối tác của chúng tôi). (Chúng tôi đã làm việc với 3 công ty cung cấp dịch vụ Sở hữu trí tuệ tại Việt Nam, nhưng chúng tôi chỉ chọn KENFOX làm đối tác chiến lược vì...
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Three options to accelerate patent examination in Vietnam
The examination of a patent application's patentability in Vietnam is time-consuming. A typical examination would necessitate access to databases of prior art for novelty and inventiveness comparisons against what has already been disclosed or practiced. Despite recent advancements in conducting substantive examination for patent applications, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (VNIPO) tends to grant patents based on the grant of the corresponding patent from countries with more developed IP systems or examination results of the corresponding patent application from more established Patent Offices such as those of the United States, Japan, South Korea, and the European Patent Office....
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Vietnam’s 2022 amended IP Law: What do new trademark provisions mean for your brand protection strategy?
Intellectual property is regarded as a company's most important and valuable asset. In particular, it cannot be denied that a trademark is the industrial property object with the highest commercial exploitation value. Numerous amendments and additions have been made to Vietnam's 2022 Intellectual Property Law in order to improve the effectiveness of the intellectual property protection mechanism and fulfill Vietnam's legal obligations under International intellectual property agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory, including CPTPP, EVFTA, and RCEP...
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