2021 - INVESTIP

As expected in our previous report (see our article – https://investip.vn/korea-vietnam-patent-prosecution-highway-pph-pilot-program/), the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (“IPVN” or “IP Viet Nam”) on ...

5월 24, 20214월 6, 2022

Design applications designating Vietnam under The Hague system

Legal News, Trends and IP Practice in Vietnam

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Geneva Act of 2 July 1999 – “1999 Act”) took effect in Vietnam on 30 December 2019. Under Rule 18(1)(a) of the Common Regulations under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (Common Regulations), if the Intellectual Property ...

5월 14, 20214월 6, 2022

New draft on Intellectual Property Law of Vietnam; Important changes on Trademark and Copyrights

Legal News, Trends and IP Practice in Vietnam

Law on Intellectual Property was first approved in Vietnam in 2005 under Law No. 50/2005/QH11 dated 29 November 2005. It was then amended twice, i.e. in 2009 (Law No. 36/2009/QH12) and 2019 (Law No. 42/2019/QH14). For over 15 years of implementation there ...

5월 11, 20214월 6, 2022

Korea – Vietnam Patent prosecution highway (PPH) Pilot program

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The PPH pilot program conducted between the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IPVN) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) will, as scheduled, end on 31 May 2021, commencing on 1 June 2019 and lasting for two years. The discussions with ...

4월 6, 20214월 6, 2022

Did Soft Opening Period end on 31 March 2021 and when will Grand Opening Period open for filing new marks in Myanmar?

Legal News, Trends and IP Practice in Vietnam

In accordance with the Order No. 63/2020 of The Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar, Soft Opening for Trademark Re-Filing would open from 1st October, 2020 until the date of Grand Opening. However, it was misunderstood by a number of people that Soft ...

3월 31, 20214월 6, 2022

Patentability of gambling inventions in Vietnam

Legal News, Trends and IP Practice in Vietnam

Domestic Law Gambling inventions in general have been rejected in Vietnam based on Article 8.1 of the Law on Intellectual Property: “[The State] recognizes and protects intellectual property rights of organizations and individuals on the basis of ...

3월 25, 20214월 6, 2022

Strong patent growth avoids COVID-19 damper

Legal News, Trends and IP Practice in Vietnam, Uncategorized

China shows strength in university and company patent applications in 2020 International patent applications—a key indicator of research activity—continued to grow in 2020 despite the global pandemic crippling economies and laboratories around the world. ...

3월 14, 20214월 6, 2022

Update on Vietnam’s Global Innovation Index 2020

Trends and IP Practice in Vietnam, Uncategorized

According to Global Innovation Index 2020, Vietnam’s ranking continue to be more prominent than those of developing countries. Economist Bill Nordhaus once referred to gross domestic product (GDP) as one of the “greatest inventions of the twentieth ...

[년도:] 2021년

Korea – Vietnam Patent prosecution highway (PPH) Pilot program continued

Design applications designating Vietnam under The Hague system

New draft on Intellectual Property Law of Vietnam; Important changes on Trademark and Copyrights

Korea – Vietnam Patent prosecution highway (PPH) Pilot program

Did Soft Opening Period end on 31 March 2021 and when will Grand Opening Period open for filing new marks in Myanmar?

Patentability of gambling inventions in Vietnam

Strong patent growth avoids COVID-19 damper

Update on Vietnam’s Global Innovation Index 2020