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Notice No.2014/03 HBN17 dated January 22, 2015 of NOIP that temporarily rejected to register the mark "anvil, figure" was appealed by the applicant.

Applied-for mark "Multi-K" of application No. 4-2009-18583 for Class 01. Fertilizer, under the name of Haifa Chemicals Ltd. (Israel) was rejected registration by the NOIP on the ground that the applied-for mark is descriptive...

Applied-for mark COMMUNITY under application 4-2011-28083 dated December 29th 2011 for Class 25 and Class 35 in the name of  Aritzia LP (Canada) was denied  registration by NOIP for the reasons of being descriptive and/or liable to mislead, confuse or deceive consumers as to the origin, functional parameters, intended purposes...of the ...

On February 18, 2019, the People's Court of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City returned a first-instance verdict to recognize painter Le Linh as the only author of the "Infant Progidies of Viet country" comics. This copyright ownership dispute has lasted for 12 years, attracted public interest, especially the publishing community.

Intl' application no.1168792 "AQUA KEEP" for goods of Class 01 in the name of Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. was temporarily refused to registration on the ground that the "AQUA KEEP" sign does not meet the protection requirements as provided for in Article 74.2 c of IP Law, namely it's descriptive.

Applied-for mark NEURONTIN under application No. 4-2006-19045 in the name of Warner-Lambert Company LLC was refused registration for Class 5 as being considered confusingly similar to cited NEUROPENTIN  trademark...

A cancellation request is filed to NOIP agaisnt  trademark Registration no.147365 "Fantiny, figure" for goods of Class 11 "Sanitary apparatus (baths, showers, wash basins) made of mica and composite materials" on the ground  that it fails to meet the registrability criteria...  

Intl’ application no.876696 KENWOOD for products of Classes 07, 09 and 11 in the name of De Longhi Benelux SA (Luxembourg) was refused to protect by the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) on the ground that the applied-for mark is confusingly similar to prior marks...

International Trademark application  no. 1101091 SIMONA for Class 11 designating Vietnam has been notified by NOIP of temporary refusal of protection...

The International Trademark No. 777272 NRI in Class 09 & 42 designating Vietnam was accepted to protection...

Pham Vu Khanh Toan, Managing Partner, IP Attorney, Attorney-at-Law at Pham & Associates, walks through the elements of Vietnamese IP protection law that can result in criminal prosecution for the offenders.    

On 19/11/2018 the MOST Minister issued a decision requiring the NOIP to revoke the refusal decision and proceed with necessary procedures to protect the mark “BIO-CERT” as a whole.