04 August
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KENFOX attorneys meeting with colleagues from other IP firms at the AIPPI’s Congress in Boston
KENFOX attorneys meeting with colleagues from other IP firms at the AIPPI's Congress in Boston...
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02 August
6 benefits of registering a work for copyright protection in Vietnam – Why should a work be registered with Copyright Office of Vietnam?
In conformity with Berne Convention, the IP Law of Vietnam also provides, under Article 6.1, that “Copyright shall arise at the moment a work is created and fixed in a certain material form, irrespective of its content, quality, form, mode and language and irrespective of whether or not such work has been published or registered”. The aforesaid legislation means that copyright registration is not a pre-requisite for entitlement of copyright protection and proceeding with legal actions. A work is automatically protected in Vietnam without having to register it with Vietnamese competent authority....
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Acceleration of Granting Japanese Patent in Cambodia
in IP Practice, Patent
Japan Patent Office (“JPO”) has made its great efforts to support the development of intellectual property systems in countries where overseas business development is initiated by Japanese companies....
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6 điều cần lưu ý để ứng phó với cáo buộc xâm phạm sáng chế tại Việt Nam
in Patent
Bạn đã bao giờ bị cáo buộc xâm phạm sáng chế khi đang vận hành các hoạt động sản xuất, kinh doanh tại Việt Nam? Sự lo lắng, hoang mang không biết làm gì để ứng phó với các cáo buộc xâm phạm sáng chế có thể khiến bạn nghĩ nhiều đến các viễn cảnh tiêu cực sắp xảy đến cho doanh nghiệp của mình: Hàng hóa được sản xuất/kinh doanh của bạn là trái phép và có thể bị bắt giữ trên thị trường hoặc tại cửa khẩu, doanh nghiệp của bạn bị khởi kiện yêu cầu bồi thường...
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What strategies to reclaim unregistered trademark rights in Vietnam?
Vietnam follows “first to file” principle in establishing industrial property rights, whereby industrial property rights are granted to the first filer. This principle, on one hand, encourages IPR holders to register their intangible assets at the soonest time, but on the other hand, together with a “very open” and “very free” regime on "the right to register a mark" without imposing certain conditions like many countries in the world triggers rampant "trademark squatting" in Vietnam. ...
Continue reading 30 June
GUIDANCE FOR INVENTION/UTILITY SOLUTION APPLICATIONS IN VIETNAM
in Patent
Requisite Information 1. Applicant: full name, address and nationality; 2. Inventor: full name, address and nationality; 3. Priority data: filing number, date and country (if applicable); 4. International filing data: filing and publishing number (as to PCT patent applications)....
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Claiming damages in IPR lawsuits in Vietnam – Key takeaways
Download 1. Since intellectual property rights (IPRs) constitute a civil right, civil enforcement plays a critical role in IPR enforcement. However, our analysis of statistics on IPR infringement and enforcement in reports from enforcement agencies reveals that the vast majority of IPR infringement cases in Vietnam have been resolved under administrative route over the past time. While thousands of IP infringement cases are handled administratively each year, only a few cases are tried by courts. The administrative mechanism is said to be more expeditious, compact, simple, and economical in handling IPR infringements than the lengthy trial, complicated, and costly procedures of...
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Yêu cầu bồi thường thiệt hại khi khởi kiện xâm phạm quyền SHTT tại Việt Nam – Những điều quan trọng cần ghi nhớ
(English) Download Mở đầu 1. Quyền sở hữu trí tuệ (“SHTT”) là một quyền dân sự, nên trong các biện pháp để thực thi quyền SHTT, biện pháp dân sự chiếm một vị trí quan trọng. Tuy nhiên, phân tích số liệu về tình hình xâm phạm và xử lý xâm phạm quyền sở hữu trí tuệ (“SHTT”) trong nhiều báo cáo từ các cơ quan thực thi cho thấy: phần lớn các vụ xâm phạm quyền SHTT tại Việt Nam trong thời gian qua được xử lý bằng biện pháp hành chính. Trong khi mỗi năm có hàng ngàn vụ xâm phạm...
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GUIDANCE FOR REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN VIETNAM
Requisite Information 1. Applicant: full name, address and nationality; 2. Inventor: full name, address and nationality; 3. Title of the claimed design; 4. Class of the claimed design according to the Locarno International Classification (if available); 5. Priority data: filing number, date and country (if applicable). ...
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INCENTIVES FOR PATENT FILING FOR FOREIGNERS IN VIETNAM
in Patent
In a common sense, “incentives for patent filing” may be construed as: (i) privileges under the governmental-level policy adopted to encourage/stimulate or attract applicants, especially foreign applicants, to file their patent applications in Vietnam; and/or (ii) supports or advantages which the competent authority gives to the applicants for the same purposes, among other things....
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