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Before registering a trademark, ensure that the mark you created is distinct and can not be confused with someone else’s trademark. Otherwise, your trademark application may face an opposition from the registered trademark owner or a refusal from the IPVN because of its similarity with the registered trademarks.

When trademark rights are infringed, trademark rights owners can use CIVIL MEASURES to protect the industrial property rights for trademark.

Licensing of an industrial design means the permission by the owner of such industrial design for another organization or individual to use the industrial design within the scope of his/her use right. Licensing of industrial design must be established in the form of written contracts (herein after referred to as “license contract”).

In the following cases, an trademark right holder who has been granted a protection title/duplicate of protection title may request the IPVN to reissue the protection title/duplicate of protection title but shall pay a reissue fee: the protection title/duplicate of protection title is lost; damaged, torn, stained or faded out that it can no longer be used.

Works of applied arts means works presented by lines, colors, three-dimensional figures or layouts, having useful features associated with useful objects, and being mass-produced by hand or by machines, such as: logos; handicraft and fine-arts articles; expressions on products or packages

According to the IP Law 2005, amended 2019, the following subject matters shall not be protected as inventions: Discoveries, scientific theories; mathematical methods;...Schemes, plans, rules or methods for performing mental acts, training domestic animals, playing games, doing business; computer programs, ...

Before the IPVN issues decisions on rejection of an application, decisions on refusal to grant a protection title or decisions on the grant of a protection title, the applicant may amend of the application on his/her own initiative or upon the request of the IPVN.

When industrial design rights are infringed, industrial design owners can use ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES to protect the industrial design

Licensing of an invention/utility solution means the permission by the owner of such invention/utility solution for another organization or individual to use the invention/utility solution within the scope of his/her use right. Licensing of invention/utility solution must be established in the form of written contracts (herein after referred to as “license contract”).

The holder of PATENT FOR INVENTION/UTILITY SOLUTION may request the IPVN to record changes in that protection title in the following cases: change in the name or address of the holder; change of the protection title holder (transfer of ownership on the ground of inheritance, succession, merger, separation, split-up, joint venture, association or establishment of a new legal entity under the same owner, transformation of the business operation, or under a decision of a competent state agency...).

Works of applied arts means works presented by lines, colors, three-dimensional figures or layouts, having useful features associated with useful objects, and being mass-produced by hand or by machines, such as: logos; handicraft and fine-arts articles; expressions on products or packages

Before the IPVN issues decisions on rejection of an application, decisions on refusal to grant a protection title or decisions on the grant of a protection title, an applicant may request the IPVN to record the transfer of his/her application to another person.

Before the IPVN issues decisions on rejection of an application, decisions on refusal to grant a protection title or decisions on the grant of a protection title, an applicant may request the IPVN to record the transfer of his/her application to another person.

When industrial design rights are infringed, industrial design rights owners can use CIVIL MEASURES to protect the industrial property rights for industrial design.

Before the IPVN issues decisions on rejection of an application, decisions on refusal to grant a protection title or decisions on the grant of a protection title, the applicant may amend of the application on his/her own initiative or upon the request of the IPVN

The following signs shall not be protected as marks are according to the Law on Intellectual Property 2005, amended 2009,2019

Invention means a technical solution in the form of a product or a process which is intended to solve a problem by application of laws of nature. An invention shall be protected by mode of grant of invention patent or utility solution patent.

Trademark means any sign used to distinguish goods or services of different organizations or individuals. Signs eligible for being registered as trademarks must be visible ones in the form of letters, numerals, words, pictures, images, including three-dimensional images or their combinations, presented in one or several given colors.

Products in the form of objects, for example, tools, machines, equipment, components, circuits..., expressed in set of information that identifies an artificial product characterized by technical signs (characteristics) of structure, that product functions (utilizing) as a means to meet certain needs of human

All goods and services for registering trademarks are only 45 classes, which include 34 classes for goods and 11 classes for services.