Publications & Updates

Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance (DMS) establishes E-Commerce Task Force

Applied-for mark “ALIMET” for "Supplements for animal foods in the form of amino acids for veterinary purposes" in Class 05 was rejected on the ground ò being confusingly similar to the prior trademark no.51885 “ALIMET 20 DF” for “Pesticide” in the same Class...

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry met on March 5, 2020 with Singapore's Daren Tang, who won the nomination a day earlier for the post of Director General.

Applied-for mark “ON-YASAI, figure” for services of Japanese food restaurant; food and beverage service provided by the restaurant in Class 43 was rejected on the grounds of indistinctiveness and describing goods/services of which the registration is sought..

NOIP recently issued the Regulation on consultancy activities in resolving appeals related to establishment of industrial property rights

Applied-for mark “PEAK PILATES” for products/services in Classes, 09, 28 and 41 was rejected for registration on the ground of describing the goods/services in respect of which the registration is sought...

In Circular 19/2019/TT-BKHCN of December 11, 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology regulates the time limit for preserving IP dossiers and documents...

The applied-for mark “THE GRAND HO TRAM STRIP, figure” of Application no. 4-2013- 11207 was denied protection on the ground of being confusingly similar to the cited trademarks "GRAND", "P Grand, figure", "Grand Hotel", "Grand, figure"...

IP Vietnam implements filing and processing in electronic form of international applications

Forty-eight firms from 19 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions took home trophies at the 10th annual Asia IP Awards, held November 8 at the Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei.

Completing the Handbook of  Registration of Geographical Indications in Japan and Document of Regulations for Agricultural Products Imported into Japan