Intellectual Property Services in Vietnam: Trademark, Patent & Design Registration

Trademark Registration in Vietnam – Protect Your Brand

Secure your brand identity with professional trademark registration services in Vietnam. Our expert trademark attorneys guide you through the process efficiently.

Key Steps for Trademark Registration in Vietnam

  • Trademark Fees: Contact us for best offer.
  • Multi-Class Applications: File multiple-class trademark applications in Vietnam.
  • Filing Requirements: Submit a completed application, proof of payment, and trademark samples in Vietnamese.
  • Power of Attorney (POA): Submit an original POA within 1 month (no notarization needed).
  • Priority Claim: Provide a certified Vietnamese translation of the priority document within 3 months.
  • Examination Process: Substantive examination takes 22-26 months post-publication.
  • Opposition Period: Third parties can oppose within 5 months of publication.
  • Trademark Validity & Renewal: Valid for 10 years, renewable indefinitely. Renew within 6 months before expiry (late renewal possible with a surcharge).
  • Use Requirement: Avoid cancellation by using the trademark within 5 consecutive years.
  • Foreign Applicants: Must appoint a registered Vietnamese trademark attorney.

What Can Be Registered as a Trademark in Vietnam?

Letters, words, logos, colors, holograms, or combinations thereof.

Additional Notes

  • Trademark search in Vietnam: Use IP Vietnam’s online database or check international trademarks.
  • Processing Time: 24-28 months for registration.
  • Responding to Provisional Refusals: File within 3 months (extensions available).

Patent Registration in Vietnam – Secure Your Invention

Protect your innovations with patent registration services in Vietnam. Our patent attorneys ensure smooth filing and prosecution.

Key Steps for Patent Registration in Vietnam

  • Patent Fees: Contact us for best offer.
  • Filing Deadline: 12 months under the Paris Convention (non-extendable).
  • Minimum Requirements: Applicant/inventor details, specification, claims, and priority data.
  • Language: Applications must be filed in Vietnamese.
  • Priority Document: Submit within 3 months (translation not usually required).
  • POA Requirements: Submit an original signed POA within 1 month (no notarization).
  • Substantive Examination: Request within 42 months (accelerated examination available).
  • Publication & Opposition: Published within 19 months; opposition period lasts 9 months.
  • Grant & Maintenance Fees: Pay within 3 months of grant decision. Annual fees apply.
  • Grace Period: Disclosures at recognized exhibitions 12 months before filing do not affect novelty.
  • Foreign Applicants: Must use a registered Vietnamese patent attorney.

PCT National Phase Entry in Vietnam

  • Deadline: Enter national phase within 31 months (non-extendable).
  • Requirements: Submit Vietnamese translation of specification, claims, and drawings.
  • Examination Request: File within 42 months (accelerated options available).
  • Publication & Opposition: Published in 2 months; opposition period is 9 months.

Industrial Design Registration in Vietnam – Protect Your Product’s Appearance

Safeguard your designs with industrial design registration in Vietnam.

Key Steps for Design Registration in Vietnam

  • Design Fees: Contact us for best offer.
  • Filing Requirements: Applicant/inventor details and design images/drawings.
  • Multi-Design Applications: File multiple designs in one application.
  • Validity Term: 5 years, renewable twice (max 15 years).
  • Examination: Request substantive examination at filing.
  • Opposition Period: Third parties can oppose within 4 months of publication.
  • POA Requirements: Submit original POA within 1 month (no notarization).
  • Priority Document: Submit a Vietnamese translation within 3 months.
  • Grace Period: 6 months from first disclosure.
  • Grant & Renewal: Pay grant fee within 3 months. Renew within 6 months before expiry (late renewal with surcharge).
  • Foreign Applicants: Must appoint a registered Vietnamese patent attorney.

What Can Be Registered?

3D shapes, patterns, colors, or combinations defining a product’s appearance.

Why Choose Our Intellectual Property Services in Vietnam?

  • Expert trademark, patent, and design registration support.
  • Local IP attorneys in Vietnam ensuring compliance.
  • Fast, cost-effective IP protection solutions.

Contact us today for a consultation!