Publications & Updates

Draft Law amending and supplementing the Law on Insurance Business and the Law on Intellectual Property was passed with 100% votes...

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...

WASHINGTON – Vietnamese officials say China is intentionally mislabeling its products as "made in Vietnam" to avoid American tariffs...

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.

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.

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...

Recently, in April 2019, the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) of  Vietnam has issued Resolution 684 to add the draft law revising the insurance and intellectual property laws into the 2019 law- and ordinance-making program.

The National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP)  and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) will continue PPH pilot program (PPH Program) Phase 2 in 3 years from April 1, 2019 to 31/3/2022 after completing the pilot implementation of PPH Program Phase 1 (April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2019).

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 March 15, 2019, the Vietnam Intellectual Property Research Institute (VIPRI) in collaboration with the Japan Trade Promotion Organization (JETRO) and the Southeast Asia Intellectual Property Network on Japanese Trade and Industry (SEAIPJ) organized a workshop on "Assessing elements of patent  infringement".