Practice Highlights

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.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) revoked the decision of the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) rejecting to protect in Vietnam the mark "SEASONAL TASTES" of Westin Hotel Management LP (Westin) for Group 43.

NOIP accepted and registered as a whole the "Latte Pure Jasmine Flavor Latte NATURAL GOODNESS ENRICHED WITH MILK & figure" mark for Classes 29 & 30 under the name of Kirin Holdings Singapore Pte.Ltd...