What is a patent?

A patent is a type of legal property right. Just as owning real estate property gives you the right to exclude others from trespassing on your land, a patent also gives you the right to exclude others from "trespassing" on your invention. In the US, patents may be granted for a limited time for new and useful processes, machines, products, and compositions of matter. Patent Law Firm in Vietnam  Just as land has definite boundaries...

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When should a startup file for a trademark?

You should register your mark when your product already gives profit. So, when the expenses are lower than income, you should start protecting your name from the competitors. Trademark Law Firm in Vietnam While there exist a possibility that somebody would register the same mark for the same product, it is highly unlikely. Because: The chances that some other person in the same country decides to register the same brand name, having...

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Da Nang to Cooperate with Singapore in Foreign Direct Investment

On July 19th,2019, Da Nang City People’s Committee held a “Singapore-Danang Investment Connection Seminar”, which leaders of the city’s departments and sectors met many major companies from Singapore under the Singapore Business Federation and Singapore Business Development Agency’s arrangement with purpose of seeking investment opportunities in Da Nang taking advantage of the dynamic city which investors from Singapore could set up company and...

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The 66th Asian Business conference in Danang

On July 4th, 2019 the People’s Committee of Da Nang Oganized the 66th Asian Business Conference about business cooperation between Vietnam and Japan. Representatives of 60 Vietnamese enterprises and 130 enterprises from Japan attended showing intersts in economic cooperation. Set-up company in Da Nang The representatives of Japanese companies provided many useful information about business investment cooperation opportunities in the...

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What is Intellectual Property Law?

Our legal system provides certain rights and protections for owners of property. The kind of property that results from the fruits of mental labor is called intellectual property. Rights and protections for owners of intellectual property are based on federal patent, trademark and copyright laws and state trade secret laws. Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in Vietnam In general: -Patents protect inventions of tangible things. -Copyrights...

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What is the copyright process?

For works first published after March 1, 1989, an author need not include a copyright notice to be protected under the law. Although a notice is not required, it’s super worth it for you to obtain one and list it on your website. When a work contains a valid copyright notice, an infringer cannot claim in court that s/he wasn’t aware the work was copyrighted. Thus, an author has a greater chance to win a copyright infringement case and spend much...

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How do I get my hospital name and logo trademarked?

For getting the logo and the name of your hospital trademarked you need to file an application for registration of trademark in the designated Registry for your area. But before filing any application for trademark registration, you need to check that the brand you are planning to register is already registered by someone else or is pending for registration. Also you also need to mention the class in which the trademark has to be registered,...

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Officially Issuing the Schedule of Tariff Concessions for Import and Export to Implement CPTPP Agreement

On June 26th, 2019, the Government issued Decree No. 57/2019/ND-CP on Preferential tariff for export, Special preferential tariff for import to implement CPTPP Agreement from 2019 to 2022. CPTPP has come into force as of January 14th, 2019, however, the Decree 57 is the official legislation incorporating CPTPP’s commitment into national laws. Tariff concessions applying to each country In addition to 0% tax applied to many products as...

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Establishing Distribution Company in Da Nang

Da Nang is a city in the Central of Vietnam, with the advantage of being a trading place of many countries in the world. Danang has a large seaport in the top 10 large seaports of Vietnam, facilitating trading activities with many countries around the world. Lawyers in Da Nang At the present, Da Nang is promoting foreign investment into Da Nang, and many investors have chosen Da Nang to do business in the distribution business line. For this business...

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Can a trademark expire?

Once your trademark is 10 years old, it would expire. This is a primary caveat with trademark; it only lasts for about 10 years. Once the 10 years have come close and you haven’t applied for renewal or restoration, the expiration process begins. Time limit of trademark protection extension To that end, it is definitely important for you to either renew or restore it: 1. Trademark renewal: Application for the trademark renewal has to...

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What is a Copyright?

Fundamentally, copyright is a law that gives you ownership over the things you create. Be it a painting, a photograph, a poem or a novel, if you created it, you own it and it’s the copyright law itself that assures that ownership. The ownership that copyright law grants comes with several rights that you, as the owner, have exclusively. Those rights include:  Copyright in Vietnam  -The right to reproduce the work -To prepare...

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How do copyrights, trademarks and patents differ?

The US Constitution gives US Congress the power to issue intellectual property rights to “promote the progress of sciences and arts.” So, copyrights, trademarks and patents are a means to reach that end. Each has a distinct function and varying requirements, but the main idea is to protect overall innovation and the flow of ideas. Here’s a breakdown: Copyrights: The purpose of a copyright is to protect an author’s expression of...

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