Antibiotice S.A (Romania) has established a Representative Office (“RO”) in Hanoi to serve as a liaison, explore the market, and promote investment and business opportunities in Vietnam. Currently, the company aims to expand its business activities in the healthcare sector. Specifically, Antibiotice S.A’s RO intends to carry out the following activities:...
Continue readingDownload According to the leader of the People's Committee of Bac Giang province, numerous Chinese companies, commonly referred to as "eagle" businesses, have established their operations in Bac Giang. Consequently, China has become the largest source of registered investment capital in the province, totaling nearly $6.4 billion USD. Significant Chinese investments in 2023 Bac Giang province continues to attract substantial Chinese investments this year. Notably, the Yadea Group has committed to an investment in Tan Hung Industrial Park, Lang Giang district. The project aims to construct a facility for manufacturing and assembling electric motorbikes, with a projected capacity of about 2 million vehicles...
Continue readingToday, 09 April 2024, a team from DeHeng Law Offices conducted a visit to our firm, KENFOX IP & Law Office in Hanoi, to discuss the prospect of establishing a working relationship and to gain insights into the investment climate in Vietnam. DeHeng Law Offices, founded in 1993, is a leading law firm known for its comprehensive legal services, with over 4,000 legal service professionals and a significant commercial presence in more than 10 countries worldwide. KENFOX is highly regarded for its specialized expertise in IP, business, and investment laws. The current landscape indicates that China is massively investing in Vietnam...
Continue readingDownload 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 readingThe 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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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...
Continue readingBilateral working visit between KENFOX IP & Law Office and Mr. Yim Dong Sook, Korea, in order to reach an agreement on Intellectual Property Right (IPR) enforcement cooperation Mr. Yim Dong Sook, one of the experts in IPR enforcement executing his work mainly in Korea, paid a working visit to KENFOX IP & Law Office in Hanoi during the final days of September in an effort to discuss strategies to deal with IPR infringement in Vietnam in order to best protect Korean enterprises’s IPR in Vietnam. ...
Continue readingChuyến thăm và làm việc song phương về thực thi quyền SHTT giữa KENFOX IP & Law Office và ông Yim Dong Sook Ông Yim Dong Sook là một trong những chuyên gia thực thi xâm phạm quyền SHTT tại Hàn Quốc. Với mong muốn cung cấp các giải pháp tốt nhất trong lĩnh vực SHTT cho các doanh nghiệp Hàn Quốc tại Việt Nam, ông Yim Dong Sook đã có chuyến thăm và làm việc trực tiếp KENFOX IP & Law Office tại Hà Nội, Việt Nam vào những ngày cuối của tháng 9. Trong chuyến thăm và làm việc này,...
Continue readingLuật Sở hữu Trí tuệ (SHTT) sửa đổi năm 2022 lần đầu tiên thiết lập các quy định riêng biệt để điều chỉnh sáng chế mật. Theo đó, khoản 12a Điều 4 định nghĩa rằng sáng chế mật “là sáng chế được cơ quan nhà nước có thẩm quyền xác định là bí mật nhà nước theo pháp luật về bảo vệ bí mật nhà nước”. Đơn đăng ký đối với sáng chế mật và trình tự thủ tục đăng ký sáng chế mật sẽ được hướng dẫn thực hiện chi tiết theo Nghị định của Chính phủ....
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