Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The low cost of living and highly qualified population make it an ideal location for foreign companies who are looking to branch out and invest. However, expanding internationally has its disadvantages as well. Not knowing the local laws and regulations makes it a thousand times harder to open a company overseas.
Registration of Trademarks in Vietnam REQUIRED INFORMATION Full name, address and nationality of the applicant; Description of the trademark.
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Registration of Trademarks in Vietnam REQUIRED INFORMATION Full name, address and nationality of the applicant; Description of the trademark.
REQUIRED INFORMATION
Full name, address and nationality of the applicant;
Description of the trademark: meaning, colours claimed, translation or transliteration of characters into English if the mark contains foreign characters;
List of goods/services to be covered by the trademark and if possible, the class(es) of the respective goods/services according to the International Classification;
If a priority is claimed: statement of country, application number and filing date of the original foreign application from which the priority is claimed.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
A Power of Attorney from the applicant () (notarization is not required);
20 specimens of the mark (the size of each specimen is not smaller than 15mm x 15mm and not larger than 80mm x 80mm);
If the Convention priority is claimed: a certified copy of the priority document(s) and the English translation thereof.
Note:
A copy of the executed Power of Attorney can be accepted at the time of filing trademark application, but the original one must be submitted within 1 month from the filing date.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A trademark application can cover more than one class;
The time limit from the filing to the granting date is 9 months, of which 03 months is for formality examination and 06 months is for substantive examination;
The protection title of a trademark is a Trademark Registration Certificate, which is effective from the granting date;
The validity term of a Trademark Registration Certificate is 10 years from the regular filing date and can then be renewed indefinitely for consecutive periods of 10 years;
A Trademark Registration Certificate can be suspended by a request made by any third party if it is not used in five successive years without any proper reason.
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