Register patent in Vietnam

What Are Legal Requirements of Patent Description?

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 …

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Apply the Safeguard Measures on DAP and MAP fertilizer

Apply the Safeguard Measures on DAP and MAP fertilizer

DAP and MAP is complex inorganic fertilizers, with main component of nitrogen and phosphorus,  whose function of lining, dressing crops and production of NPK fertilizer. On March 31st, 2017, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) received Dossier requesting to apply the safeguard measures on DAP and MAP fertilizer. Requesting Party is DAP Vinachem Joint Stock …

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Anti-dumping Case AD06 Relating to Fiberboard of Wood Products Ended

Anti-dumping Case AD06 Relating to Fiberboard of Wood Products Ended

Requesting Party of Anti-dumping case AD06 comprises of 04 companies representing the domestic industry: (i) VRG Kien Giang MDF Joint Stock Company; (ii) VRG Dongwha MDF Joint Stock Company; (iii) MDF VRG – Quang Tri Wood Joint Stock Company and (iv) Kim Tin MDF Joint Stock Company. Requesting Party accused fiberboard of wood imported from …

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Development of anti-dumping request on PFY originating from China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia

Development of anti-dumping request on PFY originating from China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia

On Nov 07th, 2019, Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV), the investigating authority  received dossier of request for investigation of the application of anti-dumping measures on long-fiber products made from polyester (PFY) originating from China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia from companies representing the domestic industry (Requesting Party). On Nov 22th, 2019, the investigating authority issued …

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Protection titles to subject matter of industrial property in Vietnam

Renew the validity of protection titles to subject matter of industrial property

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 …

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Brief Reminder of Time Schedule to Apply PCT Application into Vietnam

Brief Reminder of Time Schedule to Apply PCT Application into Vietnam

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 …

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Anti-Dumping Duty under Vietnam Laws

Regulation On Imposing Anti-Dumping Duty under Vietnam Laws

Imposition of anti-dumping measure includes imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty and official anti-dumping duty. According to Law on export and import duties 2016, anti-dumping duty means an additional import duty imposed upon dumped imports in Vietnam that cause or threaten to cause considerable damage to domestic manufacturing or prevent the formation of domestic manufacturing. The …

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Distinguish Assignment of Industrial Property Rights And the Licensing of Industrial Property Rights in Vietnam

Distinguish Assignment of Industrial Property Rights And the Licensing of Industrial Property Rights

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 …

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Anti-Dumping Measures on Some Plastic Products from China, Thailand and Malaysia

Vietnam Investigates and Applies Anti-Dumping Measures on Some Plastic Products from China, Thailand and Malaysia (AD07)

On April 26, 2019, the Department of Trade Protection (PVTM) – Ministry of Industry and Trade received a dossier requesting investigation and application of anti-dumping measures for some plastic products and products by Plastic is made from polymers and propylene (“Investigated Goods”) originating from the People’s Republic of China (China), Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand) and …

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Tariff Concessions for Import and Export to Implement CPTPP Agreement

Officially Issuing the Schedule of Tariff Concessions for Import and Export to Implement CPTPP Agreement

On June 26th, 2019, the Government issued Decree No. 57/2019/ND-CP on Preferential tariff for export, Special preferential tariff for import to implement CPTPP Agreement from 2019 to 2022. CPTPP has come into force as of January 14th, 2019, however, the Decree 57 is the official legislation incorporating CPTPP’s commitment into national laws. Tariff concessions applying …

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