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Understanding Intellectual Property Law of Vietnam in just 10 Minutes

Vietnam is a member of almost international conventions or treaties on intellectual property rights regarding patent, trademark, new varieties of plants and copyright such as Paris Convention, Madrid...

Legal updates on IPR Border Protection in Vietnam

According to TRIPs, WTO members are required to enact in their national legislations premature prevention mechanism against counterfeit trademarked, pirated copyright goods and/or purportedly infringing goods over intellectual...

Business brief 2016: Vietnam

WHEN THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TAKES EFFECT, VIETNAM WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT ONE OF THREE TYPES OF INVENTIONS

Can Use of Photocopied Textbooks be Judged Fair Use?

Can Use of Photocopied Textbooks be Judged Fair Use? A hot event relating to copyright infringement raised by the domestic press in early 2017 that was in mid-January...

Does not Domain Name.VN Dispute Resolution by Arbitration Work in Vietnam?

By Le Quang Vinh, Senior Partner vinh@bross.vn UDRP-like Domain Name.VN Dispute Resolution Policy of Vietnam In Vietnam, for the years of 2000s, domain name disputes started to occur...

Opposition against Trademark Phu Quoc Failed in China, Famous Geographical Indication Phu Quoc was fell into the hands of a Hong Kong Company

Famous Geographical Indication Phu Quoc for fish sauce that earned EU Certificate of Protected Designation of Origin (also known as PDO "Phu Quoc") in mid July 2013, was...

Press release on the rankings of BROSS & Partners in 2015

BROSS & Partners is very pleased to share with you that, with your valuable continuing support and co-operation as well as the tireless effort of our lawyer team,...

Handling corporate names that infringe industrial property rights

On 05 April 2016, The Ministry of Science and Technology – The Ministry of Planning and Investment promulgated Joint Circular No. 05/2016/TTLT-BKHCN-BKHDT on detailed regulations and guidelines on...

Whether Does Burger King Stop the Use and Registration of King’s Ice Cream?

On 19/08/2011, Burger King Corporation, a US global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in Florida, United States, owner of a variety of trademarks “Burger King” and...

The Challenges of Breaking with Tradition

Although some non-traditional marks are protectable in Vietnam, there are still concerns about their registrability and enforcement. The International Trademark Association (INTA) classifies trademarks into two categories: traditional...

The Benefits of a Civil Approach in IP-Related Unfair Competition Lawsuits

Vietnam has demonstrated remarkable determination in establishing and enforcing a legal framework to protect IP rights and prevent unfair competition individually.

Intellectual Property Newsletters (October 2012 Issue)