News & Events
Registration of "FASHION THK, design" mark is partially cancelled
08/07/2019
Abercrombie & Fitch Europe Sagl - the applican/owner of Registration no.127650 for the "flying bird" trademark for goods of Class 25.Clothing... filed a petition with NOIP to invalidate the "FASHION THK, design" trademark registered for the same class...
Training course for IP officials of TISC & IP-HUB Network
04/07/2019
On June 27, 2019 in Hanoi the NOIP held a training course for officials in charge of intellectual property under the Network of Technology and Innovation Support Centers and Intellectual Property Centers (TISC & IP-HUB) in universities, research institutes and businesses...
"PANDA EXPRESS" is accepted for registration as a whole for Class 43 Restaurant services
02/07/2019
Applied-for mark “PANDA EXPRESS” of international application No. 1153885 for services in Class 43 Restaurant services, namely fast food restaurant services was provisionally rejected for registration on the ground that the sign is confusingly similar to the cited trademark “PANDA”
“SHINE SPA” successfully appealed to be accepted for registration
29/06/2019
Applied-for mark “SHINE SPA” of application No. 4-2009-20520 for goods/services in Class 04.Cosmetics and Class 44.Beauty and hygiene care services; massage service; mineral health care service (spa services) was rejected for registration on the ground that the sign is indistinctive and descriptive...
MOIT Minister asked for clarification on “Asanzo” case.
26/06/2019
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh had directed all relevant units in the Ministry to conduct a specific investigation of the case of Asanzo suspected selling imported Chinese products under guise of Vietnamese goods.
"MHT Marine Hydrotec, device" successfully appealed to be accepted for registration
24/06/2019
Applied-for mark “MHT Marine Hydrotec, device” of application No. 4-2010-27834 for goods/services in Class 07 and 12 was rejected for registration on the ground that the word element “Marine Hydrotec” is confusingly similar to the cited mark "HYDROTEC"...
Vietnam’s IP Law Amended to comply with CPTPP
20/06/2019
Draft Law amending and supplementing the Law on Insurance Business and the Law on Intellectual Property was passed with 100% votes...
Protection of “V-CUBE" as a whole, no protection for "V" when standing alone
17/06/2019
Applied-for mark "V-CUBE" under Internatinal application No.1055891 of V-cube, Inc., (Japan), registered for Classes 09 and 42 has been temporarily rejected by the NOIP on the ground that the applied-for mark is confusingly similar to the prior/cited trademark "G-CUBE 3 be yourself ... inspire others, device"...
“KINGSTON RESIDENCE” is accepted for registration in its entirety for products/services in Class 36.
13/06/2019
“KINGSTON RESIDENCE” is accepted for registration in its entirely for products/services in Class 36. Buying and selling houses, leasing apartments, leasing offices...
Vietnam says that China is mislabeling products as Vietnamese to avoid U.S. tariffs
13/06/2019
WASHINGTON – Vietnamese officials say China is intentionally mislabeling its products as "made in Vietnam" to avoid American tariffs...
Pilot implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program between NOIP and KIPO
11/06/2019
The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) and the Korea Intellectual Property Agency (KIPO) agreed to implement the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program for patent applications in 02 years from June 1, 2019 to 31 / 5/2021.
Conference on evaluating activities of collective representation of copyright and related rights in Vietnam
04/06/2019
In the implementation of the 2019 working program, the Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV) held a conference to assess the activities of collective representation of copyright and related rights on 23 and 24/5/2019 in Hanoi.