Due to social distancing requirements of government to curb the spread of Covid-19, Vietnam government agencies including National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) issues notification to provide instructions to related parties to ensure smooth business operation for not only government officers but also applications and Intellectual Property attorney representing clients in registration, and other IP … Read More
What is Patent Description? When patent owner registers for their patent, one of the most important documents included in the dossiers is the patent’s description. Patent is a technical solution in the form of a product or process which is intended to solve a problem by application of natural laws. Patent description is very important … Read More
What is an assignment of international trademark registration? An assignment of international trademark registration is a legal document that transfers trademark ownership from one party to another. In the progress of world integration, goods trading activities between countries and regions are becoming more and more developed, then the matters related to intellectual property is gradually … Read More
Patent Application Processing Procedures in Vietnam After submitting patent application at National Office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam (NOIP), the applicant will concern on how their application will be processed. Specifically, patent application will be gone through the following phases:Step 1: Receipt of patent applicationStep 2: Formality examination of patent applicationStep 3: Publication of valid … Read More
According to the Law on Intellectual Property in Vietnam, the subject matter of industrial property rights shall comprise inventions, industrial designs, designs of semi-conducting closed circuits, trade secrets, marks, trade names and geographical indications. Rights to an invention, industrial design, layout design, mark shall be established on the basis of a decision of Intellectual Property … Read More
Patent is an intellectual property right which owner could benefit from limited monopoly or commercialize through licensing the patent to others in return for royalty. To protect invention internationally, an inventor may file an international application with a national or regional patent office or WIPO and this application must comply with the Patent Cooperation Treaty … Read More
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 (NOIP) is the designated office. In this case, … Read More
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 … Read More
Why the company should engage trade secret lawyers in Vietnam for advice? Are you worried that your organization’s business secrets could be exposed? Trade secret could be clients’ data, business processes, financial situations… anything that is not known to public but such information could give your company competitive edge. In business or production process, individual … Read More
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 … Read More
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