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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 ...

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...

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”

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...

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"...

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 entirely for products/services in Class 36. Buying and selling houses, leasing apartments, leasing offices...

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.