31 January

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Use your registered trademark in Vietnam or you will lose it

[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Download Obtaining a trademark registration does not mean a guarantee for the maintenance of the trademark validity, because the trademark holders are obliged to use their registered trademarks in commerce and renew the validity before it expires. The purpose of this regulation is to allow the removal of marks that exist on the trademark register but are not in genuine use and/or to block the phenomenon of trademark squatting which unreasonably prevent similar marks from entering the market. This mechanism helps to reduce the number of trademark disputes and reduce registrations acquired only for the purpose of unfair competition and...

12 January

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Restoration of priority rights for patent applications in Vietnam – What you need to know

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Download A Chinese patent with 12 months priority deadline passed, but the patent applicant still wants to patent his invention in Vietnam. Is it possible to request for a restoration of priority right in the international patent application and then enter into Vietnam under PCT route? 1. What is the “priority date” of a patent application? Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention) is an international treaty that provides, among other advantages, a right of priority among patent applications. Under the Paris Convention, on the basis of a regular first application filed in one of the member states, the applicant may, within a...

12 January

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5 questions to assess whether your product infringes patents in Vietnam

Posted by Ly Dinh

in Patent, Viet Nam

Download You are a patent holder who suspects that a competitor's product is being manufactured in violation of your patent rights. In a different context, you wish to bring a product to market but are unsure whether it infringes on a protected patent in Vietnam. Of course, regardless of what context, whether you are a patent owner or a manufacturer of an unpatented product, the simplest way to determine patent infringement is to file a patent infringement assessment with the Vietnam Intellectual Property Research Institute (or "VIPRI" for short). However, this assessment will cost a considerable amount of money, so it...

03 November

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How did “DING TEA” milk tea win the brand battle in Cambodia?

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in Cambodia, IP Practice, News

Download 1. Cambodia is an emerging market that attracts substantial foreign investment in Southeast Asia. Every year, tens of thousands of trademark applications are filed directly in Cambodia or through the Madrid system, and millions of registered trademarks have been published in the national register. Therefore, securing a trademark registration in Cambodia is not a simple course of action, because it is very easy for a mark to be deemed confusingly similar to an earlier mark, not to mention the fact that many trademark applications may be rigidly refused by the examiner. Then, without the support of IP attorneys with extensive...

02 November

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Building up your brand in 20 years in Vietnam, but losing it in a few days. WHY?

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in IP Practice, News, Notable Videos, Trademark in Vietnam, Viet Nam

Download 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...

04 October

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Three options to accelerate patent examination in Vietnam

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in IP Practice, News, Patent, Viet Nam

The 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....

03 October

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Vietnam’s 2022 amended IP Law: What do new trademark provisions mean for your brand protection strategy?

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in IP Practice, News, Trademark, Viet Nam

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...

06 September

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Vì sao nhãn hiệu của tôi không còn hiệu lực tại Việt Nam? Thực trạng và khuyến nghị

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in IP Practice, Trademark in Vietnam

Nhãn hiệu là một tài sản thiết yếu của doanh nghiệp vì nó mang lại giá trị và đóng vai trò là một dấu hiệu nhận biết độc đáo đối với chủ sở hữu thương hiệu. Nhãn hiệu là công cụ giao tiếp hiệu quả để truyền tải các thông điệp cũng như các thuộc tính trí tuệ và cảm xúc về bạn, công ty, và danh tiếng, sản phẩm và dịch vụ của công ty; nhãn hiệu giúp khách hàng dễ dàng tìm thấy bạn, cho phép bạn sử dụng Internet và các phương tiện truyền thông xã...

15 August

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Luật SHTT năm 2022 của Việt Nam: Những quy định mới về nhãn hiệu có ý nghĩa như thế nào tới chiến lược bảo vệ thương hiệu của bạn?

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Quy định mới về nhãn hiệu và chiến lược bảo vệ thương hiệu của bạn-KENFOX

Nhiều quy định mới về nhãn hiệu đã được sửa đổi, bổ sung vào Luật Sở hữu trí tuệ (SHTT) năm 2022 của Việt Nam để nâng cao hiệu quả của cơ chế bảo hộ tài sản trí tuệ và thực hiện nghĩa vụ của Việt Nam theo các điều ước quốc tế về sở hữu trí tuệ mà Việt Nam là thành viên như CPTPP, EVFTA, RCEP… Các sửa đổi, bổ sung này được ví như một cuộc đại tu toàn diện đối với pháp luật SHTT của Việt Nam, giúp khắc phục các lỗ hổng pháp lý tồn...