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The 14th edition of the Business of IP Asia Forum (BIP Asia) was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 5-6, 2024, marking another successful gathering of intellectual property professionals and business leaders from around the […]

The amended IP Law 2022 in Vietnam takes effect from January 1, 2023. New decrees and circulars will also be issued to provide detailed guidance on the provisions of the amended IP Law 2022. Therefore, document templates based on provisions […]

Question: Dear lawyer, I have a question in the following issue, I would like to receive a lawyer’s advice! I sincerely thank you! In case the plaintiff is duly summoned for the second time but still absent, will the court […]

Question: Dear lawyer, I have a question regarding the following issue and I would like to receive legal advice. Thank you in advance. If the court decides to suspend the settlement of civil matters regarding the recognition of consent to […]

The revised Law on Intellectual Property 2022 in Vietnam will take effect from January 1, 2023. We would like to introduce some significant changes to the trademark under the IP Law 2022: Sound trademarks According to the revised IP Law […]

  OFFICE of the National Assembly ——– SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom – Happiness ————— Number: 07/VBHN-VPQH Hanoi, June 25, 2019   THE LAW ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY   Law on Intellectual Property No. 50/2005/QH11, dated November 29, 2005 […]

On September 28, 2022, IP Vietnam announced the receipt of PPH requests under the PPH program between IP Vietnam and the JPO with time and quantity as follows: – Receiving time: From October 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023 – […]

In this issue, we provide you with the new points regarding the opposition before the grant of a patent (pre-grant opposition) under the amended Intellectual Property Law 2022 in Vietnam, which include: Opposition mechanisms under the amended Article 112 Similar […]

Clause 1 – Article 60 of the amended Law on Intellectual Property (IP) 2022 is amended as follows: Article 60. Novelty of inventions 1. An invention is considered novel if it does not fall into one of the following cases: […]

Applicant’s huge interest when filing a patent application in Vietnam is early granting. Due to the backlog problem of IP Vietnam, the examination process is often prolonged. Generally, the average time to obtain a patent in Vietnam is approximately three […]

The Orgarnzing Committee of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) has called on organisations, enterprises, and people to respect and jointly protect the brand copyright of the Games. According to the orgarnzing Committee’s Regulation No. 849/QD-BTC2021, issued on […]

  In Vietnam, computer programs are expressly excluded from patentable subject matter under Clause 2 – Article 59 of the Vietnam IP Law. However, under Article 5.8.2.5 of the Patent Examination Guideline issued by IP Vietnam, it is recognized that […]

  Decree 126/2021/ND-CP takes effect from January 1, 2022, which is to amend and supplement several provisions of Decree 99/2013/ND-CP dated August 29, 2013, on sanctioning administrative violations in the Intellectual Property (IP) field. Decree 126 essentially retains most of […]

Implementation time: from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2025 (this is the 3rd phase of the program) Quota: 200 PPH requests per year for patent applications originating from the JPO (previously filed with the JPO). Our comments: – The […]

WINCO Law Firm was established in 2002 by a contingent of lawyers who possess plenty of experiences in proceedings and litigation in various fields, ranging from criminal cases to commercial and land- and intellectual property-related disputes. With a contingent of […]