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The Prime Minister signed the Decision approving the Intellectual Property Strategy until 2030
10/09/2019
The objective of the Strategy is to develop comprehensively and effectively Vietnam's intellectual property system to serve the country's socio-economic and cultural development...
The Court upheld the first-instance judgment recognizing Le Linh as the only author of the
04/09/2019
On September 3, 2019, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City pronounced sentence on the dispute over IP rights related to the Vietnamese "Infant Prodigies of Viet Country" comic series...
"Pham & Associates, Design" trademark is recognized well-known and is in the Top 50 Vietnam well-known trademarks 2019
26/08/2019
On the morning of August 24, 2019 at the Au Co Art Center in Hanoi took place the Vietnam Well-known Trademark - Competitive Brand Awarding Ceremony 2019
A fierce debate over the creator ownership of “Thần đồng đất Việt” comics.
07/08/2019
Painter Le Linh affirmed that he alone sketched both the paintings and comics, while Ms. Hanh said she was the one who came up with the idea and worked together with the painter...
Copyright lawsuit: Creator ownership in “Infant Prodigies of Viet country
07/08/2019
In the morning of 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 Prodigies of Viet country" comics. This case of copyright ownership dispute has lasted for 12 years, attracted public ...
"PERFORMA INSIGHT" successfully overcome the preliminary refusal of registration
02/08/2019
Applied-for mark "PERFORMA INSIGHT" under Intl. Application no.1056581 registered for Class 10 is temporarily refused for protection by NOIP on the ground of being confusingly similar to the cited marks "PERFORMA" and “INSIGHT” also registered for the same Class...
Settlement of IP infringement and dispute resolution: Why court action is unpopular in Vietnam?
25/07/2019
The legal framework for resolving disputes and dealing with infringements of intellectual property includes both international and domestic laws
A fierce debate over the creator ownership of “Thần đồng đất Việt” comics.
23/07/2019
Painter Le Linh affirmed that he alone sketched both the paintings and comics, while Ms. Hanh said she was the one who came up with the idea and worked together with the painter...
New electronic information portal of the NOIP
22/07/2019
NOIP has launched the new electronic information portal at http://www.ipvietnam.gov.vn/, starting its operation. from July 1, 2019.
"eduFirst, Design" mark overcame the decision to deny registration
19/07/2019
Representing the applicant, Pham & Associates appealed against the NOIP’s Decision to deny registration of the “eduFirst & Design” mark for services in Class 41 “Education and training; informatics; foreign languages; translation, vocational training, educational support services" on the grounds that the applied-for trademark is confusingly similar to the cited mark ...
Appeal succeeded, "THE HOBBIT:THERE AND BACK AGAIN" is accepted for registration.
15/07/2019
Pham & Associates – the representative of The Saul Zaentz Company – appealed against the NOIP’s Decision to register the trademark "THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN" for products/ services in Classes 03, 06, 08, 09, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28 and 41 with disclaimer of the verbal ...
Thousands of fake products bearing famous brands are seized at the Ninh Hiep wholesale market
10/07/2019
Nearly 3,000 fake products of all kinds such as watches, eyeglasses, clothes bearing famous brands such as Hublot, Dior, Gucci ...were seized by MMT No.14 of Hanoi Market Surveillance Department at Ninh Hiep market on the morning of July 4, 2019.