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07 Oct2026Under the previous regulations, trademark owners enjoyed considerable advantages when required to prove use of their trademarks in response to a third party’s termination request. However, with ...
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16 Jun2026On January 26, 2026, the Minister of Finance issued Circular 06/2026/TT-BTC (“Circular 06”) amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 13/2015/TT-BTC, which regulates the ...
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16 Jun2026On April 25, 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City (“HCMC”) High People’s Court issued a judgment rejecting the appeal filed by Binh Minh Joint Stock Company against the first instance judgment...
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08 Apr2026In April 2026, the Market Surveillance Authority of Dak Lak Province issued an administrative sanction decision against a Vietnamese company for manufacturing and distributing motorcycle coolant produ...
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This memorandum is prepared for foreign counsel and in-house legal teams seeking a practical understanding of how use claims and pharmaceutical patents are treated under Vietnamese IP law in practice....
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12 Dec2025Executive Summary In December 2025, Vietnam’s National Assembly adopted amendments to the Intellectual Property Law and the High Technology Law, introducing a policy shift toward the economic...
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21 Nov2025Third party observation on the grant of Protection Titles is stipulated in Article 112 of the Law on Intellectual Property (the IP Law), passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on November 29, 2005...
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06 Nov2025A pending question – How is LoC can be accepted by IPVN as evidence to exclude likelihood of confusion? I. Current legal context In Vietnam, the current IP Law 2022 and Circular No. ...
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18 Sep20251. Concept & Scope a) Trademark infringement: - Trademark infringement is the act of using a sign identical or similar to a protected trademark for goods/services identical or similar to th...
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24 Jul2025This article explores the evolving jurisdiction of Vietnam's specialized Intellectual Property (IP) courts, particularly their newly established authority to invalidate registered IP rights, a com...
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18 Jul2025This article examines whether the descriptive term “true MILK” can be protected under trademark law in Vietnam. While “TH true MILK” is a widely used combined mark, “true...
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16 Jun2025The organization and establishment of People's Courts of first instance specialized in Intellectual Property (“Specialized IP Court”) which resolves cases related to IP disputes as pre...
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The study of IP court judgments serves as an indispensable tool for practitioners and businesses to shape their intellectual property strategies. Further, lessons can be taken, and broader implication...
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21 Jun2024As you may know, Vietnam Amended IP Law has taken into effect from January 1, 2023 with over 100 articles being amended and supplemented. For the main takeaways of all IPRs throughout the Amended IP L...
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12 Apr2024The international registration systems for design (Hague system) and trademark (Madrid system) have been known as the efficient and cost-effective tools for creators and innovators to protect their in...
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12 Mar2024The lawsuit is part of a long-running and complicated dispute between the Rusian State-owned FKP Sojuzplodoimport (“FKP”) and the Dutch company Spirits International N.V (“SPI&...
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06 Nov2023An invention is the creation of a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something or a new technical solution to an existing problem, that involves enormous intellectual a...
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08 Oct2023Translation is the language of globalization. It especially plays an important role in commerce and trade. The conversion of one language to another can achieve various purposes, such as communicating...
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05 Oct2023In order to guide the implementation of a number of new regulations in the Amended IP Law 2022[1], on August 23, 2023, the Vietnamese Government issued Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP[2] (Decree 65), effecti...
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15 Sep2023As one of the world’s most dynamic emerging regions, the ASEAN region has achieved notable success in capturing the attention of other nations worldwide in terms of investment opportunities...