Đăng ký nhãn hiệu trên cơ sở không trung thực/có dụng ý xấu không phải là hiện tượng hiếm gặp tại Việt Nam, đặc biệt khi các nhà đầu tư nước ngoài đang chuyển dịch sản xuất từ Trung Quốc sang Việt Nam sau cuộc chiến thương mại Mỹ - Trung gần đây....
Continue readingNearly 1,000 fake Yonex badminton rackets on sale at Cuc Hai sports 61 Le Hong Phong store have just been arrested and destroyed by appropriate authorities....
Continue readingNăm 2015, Công ty Đông Phương phát hiện Công ty A Sanzo sử dụng dấu hiệu “ ” (“Asanzo, hình”) để gắn trên nhiều sản phẩm như tivi, điều hòa và các mặt hàng tiêu dùng khác. Để tiến hành các hành động chống lại Công ty A Sanzo, tháng 7/2015, Công ty Đông Phương đã yêu cầu dịch vụ thừa phát lại lập vi bằng đối với hành vi vi phạm của Công ty A Sanzo vì đã bán các sản phẩm mang dấu hiệu “Asanzo, hình” trên các sản phẩm và phương tiện kinh doanh. Tháng 8/2015, Công...
Continue readingArtificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact all aspects of how we live and currently is a subject of great debate. However, despite extensive press commentary on AI and its alleged revolutionary impact, its influence on our lives in the short term is likely to be relatively limited. As noted by the American researcher and futurist Roy Amara, “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” The long-term impact of AI on how consumers buy products and services and the knock-on impact on trademark law has often been...
Continue readingTrong khi nhãn hiệu “ST25” bị một công ty tại Australia nộp đơn chưa được thẩm định, nhãn hiệu “ST25” tại Mỹ được 4 công ty tại California nộp đã được Cục Sáng chế và Nhãn hiệu Hoa Kỳ (United States Patent and Trademark Office - USPTO) thẩm định...
Continue reading1. Well-known Vietnamese brands registered by overseas competitors are largely seen nowadays.It is not difficult to list out some typical cases such as Trung Nguyen coffee, Vinataba tobacco, Vifon instant noodles, Ben Tre coconut candy, Duy Loi foldable hammock...
Continue readingThe e-commerce market is growing in Viet Nam, but it is also used to trade counterfeit goods with increasingly sophisticated activities online. Counterfeit trading on e-commerce websites/platforms is largely seen nowadays in Vietnam. The consumers who have changed their traditional shopping habits recently and switched to online more over the past years, especially after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in floods of fake websites and/or online counterfeiting ...
Continue readingBad-faith trademark registration has largely seen in Vietnam nowadays, especially when foreign investors are shifting production from China to Vietnam following a recent US-China trade war. Trade marks in Vietnam are generally awarded on a “first to file” basis, resulting in floods of trademark applications, many of which imitate/ mimic foreign reputed brands that have yet to expand into the Vietnamese market. Invalidating a trademark registered in bad faith in Vietnam is not always easy as Vietnam IP Law does not define or contain specific provisions on bad faith. However, Snap Inc., a US-based company, has won a significant victory...
Continue reading1. At its fifty-third (23rd ordinary) and fifty fourth (31st extraordinary) sessions, the Madrid Union Assembly adopted amendments to Rules 3, 9, 21, 25 and 36 of the Regulations under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as “the Regulations”) that will enter into force on February 1, 2021....
Continue readingTo be more compatible with the recent signed trade pacts, including European Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (“EVFTA”), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (“CPTPP”), and most recently the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (“RCEP”) and the UK Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (“UKVFTA”), some new critical trademark examination principles/practices have been introduced/adopted by the IP Office of Vietnam (“IP Vietnam”). KENFOX IP & LAW OFFICE provides below several important takeaways....
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