Publications & Updates

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

The applied-for mark “CAMBRIDGE CORE” under the Intl’ Application no.1272293 for goods/services in Classes 09, 16, 35, 38 and 41 was rejected by the NOIP’s on the grounds that (i) the word element “CORE” is descriptive of the goods/services and (ii) the word element “CAMBRIDGE” is confusingly similar with the cited ...

The applied-for mark “DIVERSEY” of JohnsonDiversey, Inc.  for goods in the Classes 01, 03,  05, 07 and 21 was rejected  on the ground of being confusingly similar with the cited mark “DIVERSE”, Intl’ Reg. no.194398 of  ETOS S.A.

On September 30, 2019, the Government of Viet Nam deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement

Japan is one of the long-standing and important partners with Vietnam in the field of intellectual property development...