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Effectiveness to provide prior art information in the examination proceeding of patent application from the third party

Overview Patent is an exclusive right of owner which is granted by the sovereign state...

New Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN amending and supplementing Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN

New Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN amending and supplementing Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN Vietnam – Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN (hereafter...

Bad faith filings in Vietnam – from law to practice

  An overview on Vietnam prevailing laws  Although no specific definitions and regulations on bad...

Basic matters regarding Substantive Office Action for patent examination in Vietnam

Overview: Following formality examination stage is substantive examination stage. A written opinion of the examiner...

Vietnam – New Version of the International Patent Classification (IPC) Applied

The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IPVN) has issued Notice No. 4031/TB-SHTT dated 26 December...