Opinion of Third Party Regarding the Grant of Protection Title

According to the law on Intellectual Property of  Vietnam, any third parties have the right to send opinion to the National Office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam (NOIP) regarding industrial property right, granting or not granting protection title to an application. When a third party may give the opinion and how NOIP will handle that opinion? Firstly, the third party has the right to send opinion from the time of publishing the industrial publication...

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Patent Registration Procedures in Vietnam

Patent ownership of an invention or a utility is only established by the registration procedure, and in accordance with the scope of protection defined in each patent in Vietnam. Once a dispute arisen, without other evidences, the patent is the only and the most important proof to prove the ownership. Therefore, it is advised that filing a patent for an invention or a utility model shall be a prior prevention of an infringement.  Under the...

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