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Notification on the implementation of legislative provisions concerning time limits for applicants affected by Covid-19 and transactions between applicants and the Viet Nam Intellectual Property Office

IP Viet Nam released Notification No. 5277/TB-SHTT of 31 March 2020 concerning the implementation of legal requirements concerning the time limits for applicants affected by Covid-19 and transactions between applicants and the Viet Nam Intellectual Property Office....

31 March

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Vietnam IP Office Issues Alert on COVID-19

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On 25 March 2020, Vietnam's IP Office (formerly the NOIP) released Announcement No. 5060/TB-SHTT (Notification 5060) on strengthening measures to prevent and combat COVID-19....

02 March

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Mere manufacture for export bearing other’s registered trademark, infringement or not?

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in Case Studies, South East Asia IPR SME Helpdesk Case Studies 2015 2018

When goods are manufactured in China by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) factory for export, the foreign buyer is not always the owner in China of the trademark that is affixed on the goods....

17 February

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The process of manufacturing test strips for the rapid detection of rotavirus

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Test strips based on this solution operate on the principle of immunochromatography containing two antibodies against the rotavirus produced in two different animals....

17 February

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IP Vietnam announces the adoption of the Vietnamese version of the International patent classification 2020.01

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From January 1, 2020, the Vietnamese version of the International 2020.01 (IPC 2020.01), translated by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Viet Nam) from the English version published by WIPO...

14 February

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Vietnamese enterprises must better branding to compete in int’l market

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Vietnam is among the world's largest exporters of farm produce and seafood, but few foreign consumers know they're using products from Vietnam...

09 January

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A Landmark Case! China Supreme Court decides OEM may Constitute Trademark Infringement

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In a recent landmark decision, the China Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) overturned its previous views of the last decade and held that branded products produced through OEM may constitute trademark infringement if a third party owns the registered trademark in China....

31 December

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Prevention of label tampering proving complex for customs

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The loose rules on exports and imports as well as the easy-going penalties for violations make for a hotbed for blatant origin fraud, with fake household electronics labelled Toshiba, Goldsun, and Sunhouse flooding the market. Kim Hara reports. With the Lunar New Year coming, goods are being imported to Vietnam in increasing volumes – and while original goods are also seeing a spike, the market is growing chock-full of fake versions of larger brands like Toshiba, Sunhouse, Goldsun, and others. Most recently, Binh Duong Customs seized a batch of 3,472 Toshiba-branded electric rice cookers at a total value of VND2.1 billion ($91,000)...

23 October

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New Competition Law of Vietnam – What should foreign businesses know?

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Vietnam’s new Competition Law 2018 was passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 12/6/2018 and came into force on 01 July 2019, replacing its Competition Law 2004...

26 September

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IP UPDATE – Vietnam revises its IP Law in 2019

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In the year 2018-2019, Vietnam entered two international important trade deals, which require, inter alia, higher standard for IP protection in Vietnam. The first one is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (“CPTPP”), which was signed in March 2018, and then approved by the National Assembly of Vietnam in November 2018. The CPTPP officially came into force as from 14 January 2019. The second one is the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (“EVFTA”), which was signed in June 2019. ...