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
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
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 … 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 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. The granting of patents remains under the … Read More
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. … Read More
Invention protection shall bring advantages for the owner of invention including the usage and application within the duration of 20 years. As Law on intellectual property of Vietnam, an invention patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of twenty (20) years after the filing date. Register invention license in Vietnam Besides, … Read More
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: … Read More
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