No. of Partners : 1

No. of Lawyers : 7

Languages : English, Vietnamese

Offices : Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

BLawyers Vietnam is a law firm in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We offer a wide range of legal services in corporate laws, dispute resolution, commerce & contracts, M&A, employment and labor, tax and real estate and Intellectual Property (IP). We specialize in representing major foreign and domestic corporations with diverse business interests in Vietnam.

BLawyers Vietnam has an experienced, creative and enthusiastic group of lawyers with expertise of handling IP works covering both contentious and non-contentious mandates. We have also cooperated with lawyers from overseas in providing advice to clients or settling IP issues in Vietnam.

To be a trusted legal partner, we provide tailored and practical legal solutions to each client and cost-efficiency is always taken into consideration. Our IP services include:

1. Trademark registration – we often support the works of:

- Conducting searches and advising on availability for use and registration of trademarks in Vietnam;

- Filing and prosecuting applications for trademark registration and trademark renewal;

- Advising on matters relating to validity, infringement, opposition and cancellation proceedings;

- Trademark following-up services, such as: trademark applications published in the Industrial Property gazettes, domain name registration, use of trademarks on the internet and in the Vietnam market; and

- Drafting and reviewing license, assignment and franchise agreements or negotiating with clients’ partner.

2. IP dispute resolution – we often support the works of:

- Collecting information about IP dispute cases;

- Advising on infringements and proposing action plan against infringement;

- Advising on enforcement strategy and organizing nationwide enforcement programs;

- Working with Vietnam government authorities (Inspectorates, Security Public and Market Management Bureau) for organizing enforcement actions;

- Proceeding with Customs Recordal at national level or directly at specific border gates for the monitoring of counterfeit and pirated goods, attending Customs interception and organizing cross-border actions; and

- Proceeding IP litigation at courts of Vietnam.

3. IP commercial aspects – we often support the works of:

- Advising and drafting or reviewing IP agreements;

- Advising and supporting clients on registration of licenses, assignments or franchising agreements.

- Advising clients on other issues relating to competition laws, advertising laws, product quality, product labeling and other regulatory requirements.