Time Schedule to Apply PCT Application into Vietnam According to Vietnam Law on Intellectual property, a PCT applicant who would like to go into Vietnamese phase after the end of procedures need to submit the PCT application within the following duration: If an international application designates Vietnam, the National Office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam …
According to Law on Intellectual Property in Vietnam, industrial property rights means rights of an organization or individual to inventions, industrial designs, designs of semi-conducting closed circuits, trademarks, trade names and geographical indications, trade secrets which such organization or individual created or owns, and the right to prevent unfair competition. Accordingly, these rights may be transferred to …
The intellectual property system of Vietnam has not matched up with international practice. To resolve the matters, Vietnam has been developing programs on development of intellectual property legal system to meet the intellectual property standards of the international treaties which Vietnam is a member to. Intellectual property rights have played an indispensable role in the …
Vietnam is among countries with the highest rate of software piracy in the world, although the rate has reduced from 92% in 2004, to 81% in 2011, 78% in 2015 according to the report of BSA, The Software Alliance that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive …
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Abroad for Vietnam Enterprises The development of international supply chains has become a critical success factor for big companies, and should be seen as important key for products of developing countries to gain entry into high standard market such as USA, European Countries, and Japan. However, many Vietnam companies have experienced …
Since joining WTO, Vietnam has been coping to comply with the international commitments in general and intellectual property area in particular. In order to ensure fair legal environment and the benefits of intellectual property right holders, the Vietnam laws provide a number of ways in which holders can apply the following methods to protect their …
The advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty The PCT is an international treaty with more than 150 Contracting States. The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large number of countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications. …
First pilot program between Vietnam National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) and Japanese Patent Office (JPO) NOIP and JPO have jointly undertaken the first Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway program (“PPH”) since 01st Apr, 2016. According to this bilateral PPH, the patent application filed at JPO (previously filed at NOIP) falling into one of the three following cases: …
Industrial design is the appearance of the product which is expressed through shapes, lines, colors or combinations of these factors. A product as being commercially marketed will have a certain style with a combination of certain shapes, lines, colors, etc.. which is the design of the product. When a new design to be launched, if …
The violation in industrial property create damages to business and the the end users. The government has increased the effort to curb the violations. ANT Lawyers’ Intellectual Property lawyers in Vietnam keep abreast with changes in the Intellectual Property laws in Vietnam to provide our client the best service. The Government has just enacted Decree No.99/2013/ND-CP …
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