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27 September
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Xuất khẩu hàng hoá xâm phạm sở hữu trí tuệ bị xử phạt vi phạm hành chính – Một số lưu ý cho các nhà đầu tư nước ngoài và OEM tại Việt Nam

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in IP Practice, Related Matters in Vietnam

Quy định mới về hành vi “sản xuất để xuất khẩu” bị xử phạt vi phạm hành chính Tháng 7/2021, Bộ Khoa học và Công nghệ đã ban hành dự thảo sửa đổi Nghị định 99/2013/NĐ-CP, theo đó, đề xuất bổ sung quy định xử phạt đối với hành vi xuất khẩu hàng hóa xâm phạm quyền đối với nhãn hiệu, chỉ dẫn địa lý, tên thương mại, kiểu dáng công nghiệp; hàng hóa giả mạo nhãn hiệu, chỉ dẫn địa lý; tem, nhãn, vật phẩm mang nhãn hiệu, chỉ dẫn địa lý giả mạo và hàng hóa, dịch vụ có...

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27 September
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Overcoming trademark refusal in Vietnam arising from multiple grounds of rejection, difficult but not impossible

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in Notable Articles

It is no doubt very difficult to overcome a refusal against a trademark which arises from conflicts with earlier mark(s), especially when more than one grounds of rejection are raised. How to overcome multiple grounds of rejection against an applied-for trademark requires in-depth knowledge, expertise and experience from IP practitioners. ...

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27 September
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Copyright – a powerful and effective tool to repress trademark and industrial design infringements in Vietnam

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in Notable Articles

Intellectual property of reputable and well-known businesses is perpetually the target of imitation, copying and counterfeiting. The greater the businesses’ prestige and goodwill, the more vulnerable it is to illegal business people. As soon as the designs and logos for a reputable and well-known business's product line are introduced to the market, products with similar or even identical designs, patterns, and logos appear immediately. Hereunder are some examples....

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23 September
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How to respond to pharmaceutical trademark refusals in Cambodia?

Posted by KENFOX IP
in Cambodia, Case Studies

The increasing number of trademarks, especially pharmaceutical trademarks, and the excessively  stringent examination of trademarks are the primary reasons for various trademark refusals in Cambodia. Examiners from the Cambodian IPO frequently cite prior marks that appear to be quite similar to applied-for marks at first glance, but are distinguishable when examined more closely. However, if an applicant's trademark application is refused and the applicant chooses to abandon/ do not pursue a trademark application, continuing to use the refused trademark in commerce is a risky decision. Utilizing a trademark that is found to be confusingly similar to another party's trademark may...

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23 September
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Court Case: A Cybersquatting Case Brought To Court For Hearing In Vietnam

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in Case Studies, Newsletters/ Publications
https://kenfoxlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mondaq-A-Cybersquatting-Case-Brought-To-Court-For-Hearing-In-Vietnam.pdf

O.S GmbH is a multinational lighting manufacturer headquartered in Munich, Germany ("the plaintiff"). The plaintiff is the owner of a series of OSRAM trademark for lighting apparatus, especially electric lamps and luminaires; parts of the aforesaid goods; light-emitting diode lamp modules, being protected in Vietnam. The plaintiff detected that two ccTLD (osram.com.vn) and (osram.vn) ("Disputed Domain Names") were registered in 2014 by a natural person in Vietnam, N.D.T ("the defendant") and were resolved to the defendant's active websites. The websites under the Disputed Domain Names were promoting and offering for sale of the plaintiff's products bearing the "OSRAM" mark. ...

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23 September
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Copyright – a powerful and effective tool to repress trademark and industrial design infringements in Vietnam

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in Newsletters/ Publications, Notable Articles

The Intellectual property of reputable and well-known businesses is perpetually the target of imitation, copying and counterfeiting. Practice indicates that enforcing trademark and industrial design rights in Vietnam presents numerous challenges, exacerbated by the length of time required to examine trademark industrial design applications in Vietnam. The actual examination time for a trademark application can range between 16-18 months, or even several years, if the trademark is opposed by a third party or is refused by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam. The prolonged time for trademark industrial design examination in Vietnam contributes significantly to the aforementioned situation, and at the...

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23 September
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Proper brand protection strategy: urgent requirement for enterprises

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in Newsletters/ Publications, Notable Articles

A proper brand protection strategy is a compulsory requirement for Vietnamese companies to survive and develop their products in the context of domestic brand names being registered by overseas competitors. Nguyen Vu Quan, trademark and copyright manager at KENFOX IP & Law Office, writes about the needs for domestic firms to register their brand names internationally....

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23 September
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Court Case: A Cybersquatting Case Brought To Court For Hearing In Vietnam

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in Case Studies, Newsletters/ Publications
https://kenfoxlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mondaq-A-Cybersquatting-Case-Brought-To-Court-For-Hearing-In-Vietnam.pdf

O.S GmbH is a multinational lighting manufacturer headquartered in Munich, Germany ("the plaintiff"). The plaintiff is the owner of a series of OSRAM trademark for lighting apparatus, especially electric lamps and luminaires; parts of the aforesaid goods; light-emitting diode lamp modules, being protected in Vietnam. The plaintiff detected that two ccTLD (osram.com.vn) and (osram.vn) ("Disputed Domain Names") were registered in 2014 by a natural person in Vietnam, N.D.T ("the defendant") and were resolved to the defendant's active websites. The websites under the Disputed Domain Names were promoting and offering for sale of the plaintiff's products bearing the "OSRAM" mark. ...

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23 September
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Invalidating a bad-faith trademark registration in Vietnam

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in Newsletters/ Publications, Notable Articles

Bad-faith trademark registration is largely seen in Vietnam nowadays, especially since foreign investors are shifting production from China to Vietnam following the recent US-China trade war. Trademarks in Vietnam are generally awarded on a “first-to-file” basis, as opposed to a "first-to-use" system, resulting in floods of trademark applications, many of which imitate or mimic foreign reputable brands that have yet to expand into the Vietnamese market. Invalidating a trademark registered in bad faith in Vietnam is not always easy, as the country's IP Law does not define or contain specific provisions on bad faith. However, Snap Inc., a US-based company,...

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22 September
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The effective tools to repress IP infringements in Vietnam

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in Related Matters in Vietnam

IPR infringements are becoming increasingly sophisticated, pervasive, and continuing to grow at an alarming rate in Vietnam, much like mushrooms growing after rain. Waiting for years for a trademark/ID to be granted protection in Vietnam is not an effective therapy. It will definitely expose you/your business to irreparable risks and damage. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, initiating anti-unfair competition proceedings requires a very heavy burden of proof. Therefore, at this current stage, a time-efficient and fast IPR protection strategy, in our opinion, should be: prioritizing all necessary resources for copyright registration in addition to the registration of trademark/ID (if applicable) as soon...

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