What is the effect of an international patent application?

What is the effect of an international patent application?    PCT National Phase Entry in Vietnam In general terms, your international patent application, provided that it complies with the minimum requirements for obtaining an international filing date, has the effect of a national patent application (and certain regional patent applications) in or for all PCT Contracting States. Moreover, if you comply with certain formal requirements...

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Opposition of Trademark Applications for Registration in Vietnam

Opposition of Applications for Registration of the Mark Protection in Vietnam Law on Intellectual Property allows any third party to have right to denounces the opposition of trademark applications for registration which have identical or confusingly similar signs. As from the date an application for registration of mark is published in the Official Gazette of Industrial Property up until prior to the date of issuance of a decision on...

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How Licensing of Trademark in Vietnam Works?

Licensing of industrial property subject in general or of trademark in specific is regulated in Intellectual Property law. Accordingly, in trademark licensing, the owner (licensor) grants permission to another (licensee) to use that trademark on mutually agreed terms and conditions. The must be established in written form to avoid dispute in trademark licensing in Vietnam.   Trademark licensing in Vietnam Accordingly, licensing of trademark includes...

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English Speaking Law Firm in Hochiminh City

ANT Lawyers, English speaking law firm in Ho Chi Minh City with English speaking lawyers is located in the business center that provides convenient access to our clients.   English Speaking Law Firm in Ho Chi Minh City ANT Lawyers works with corporate and individual clients from across the sectors and offers a true spectrum of legal expertise, both contentious and non-contentious. The range of our experience enables us to advise...

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What is the assignment of international trademark process?

Assignment of International Trademark Registration In the progress of world integration, goods trading activities between countries and regions are becoming more and more developed, then the matters related to intellectual property is gradually being focused. The individuals and organizations are aware of the benefit of registration the intellectual property subjects. In particular, they registered internationally for their trademark when widen...

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Anti-dumping Measures to H-shaped Steel Products from China

Extension of the Period for Final Review of the Application of Anti-dumping Measures to H-shaped Steel Products from China On July 12, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1377/QD-BCT for extension of the period for final review of the application of anti-dumping measures to some H-shaped steel products originating from the People’s Republic of China (case ER01, AD03).   Extension of the period for final review of...

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How Non-voting Depositary Receipt Work in Vietnam?

How Non-voting Depositary Receipt Work? Decree No. 60/2015/ND-CP (Decree 60) amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 58/2012/ND-CP issued by the Government on May 26th, 2015 has lifted foreign ownership limit of the public enterprises (with conditions) and permitted enterprises operating in all sectors and areas without restriction on foreign ownership to self-set out limits of foreign ownership.    Finance Dispute...

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Recognize Father or Mother for a Child

How to Recognize Father or Mother for a Child in Vietnam It is a legal requirement in Vietnam to register the recognition of father, mother of a child regardless the child’s parents are married or not. Such recognition shall be made on the newly issued birth certificate of the child.   Recognize Father for Child in Vietnam The recognition of the father, mother protects the legal rights of all involved parties. For the family involving foreign...

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Can Foreigner Authorize Other Person to Perform Transfer of Properties in Vietnam?

In the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Government continued to implement policies to restrict entry to Vietnam, thus many transactions were canceled or delayed. That has caused many obstacles for foreign individuals and organizations wishing to perform transactions in Vietnam. We refer to the transfer of home ownership for foreign individuals who cannot enter Vietnam to participate in signing transfer contracts...

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How Decision 942/QD-TTg on Crypto Currency Would Partly Solve Challenges for the E-Government of Vietnam?

With the strong development of information technology, forms of online transactions has also gradually become a trend and develop strongly in Vietnam. In recent years crypto currency has created a new phenomenon for the global economy that some countries have been deploying to use such as El-Salvador. However, not all countries accept crypto currencies especially countries such as China, Russia, Thailand… are vehemently opposed to this type of crypto...

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