No. of Partners : 4
No. of Lawyers : 48
Languages : Vietnamese, English, French, Russian, Chinese
Offices : Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Hai Phong
Established in 1991, Pham & Associates is the oldest IP law firm in Vietnam. Over the years, the firm has developed into one of the leading IP law firms in the country with strong practice groups in both the prosecution and contentious matters. Beside being one of the top patent, trademark, industrial design filers each year in Vietnam, Pham & Associates is renowned for acting on appeals and oppositions before the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP), infringement/disputes court actions and providing expert opinions to competent authorities in handling IP contentious matters. Since 2001, the firm also advises clients on business laws in Vietnam.
Pham & Associates has offices in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh, Hai Phong and Da Nang cities and presently represents more than 2,200 clients in 50 countries around the world.
Staff
The firm has 120 full-time staff including 14 attorneys at law, 34 IP attorneys and 28 consultants, working in a wide range of technical areas including chemistry, mechanics, electronics, bio- technology, pharmaceuticals, energy, material science and telecommunications. This professional team is assisted, on a part-time basis, by 20 collaborators who are researchers, experts at universities, R&D institutions and 10 qualified translators who can timely and accurately translate patent applications, prior art, foreign references as well as discovery documents related to patent, trademark litigations for ensuring our firm’s IP services always completed with the highest quality, in the shortest time and at a reasonable cost.
Equipped with a full- featured docketing software and regularly updated IP data base our attorneys can carry out fast & flexible patent and trademark searches, handle hundreds of of IP filings every day, update case statuses and deadlines and timely report to clients.
Membership
Pham & Associates is a member of Vietnam Lawyers Association, Vietnam Intellectual Property Association (VIPA), INTA, FICPI, ECTA, ITMA, AIPLA, LES (US and Canada), AIPPI and APAA.
Recent Awards & Ranking
The firm was ranked Tier1 in Vietnam for patent, trademark prosecution and contentious matters (consecutively from 2008 - 2018) by Managing IP; Winner of the Vietnam Patent Firm of the Year Award (consecutively from 2009 - 2018) by Asia IP; Winner of “Intellectual Property Advisory Firm of the Year’s Award, in 2015 - 2018 by Corporate Intl’ Magazine global UK; Top-five Leading Firms in Vietnam in IP field in 2015-2018 by Chambers and Partner in the UK.