In this issue, we provide you with the new points regarding the opposition before the grant of a patent (pre-grant opposition) under the amended Intellectual Property Law 2022 in Vietnam, which include:...

Clause 1 – Article 60 of the amended Law on Intellectual Property (IP) 2022 is amended as follows:...

On June 16, 2022, the lawmakers passed the amendments and supplements to the Law on Intellectual Property with 95.58% of votes in favour....

The Orgarnzing Committee of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) has called on organisations, enterprises, and people to respect and jointly protect the brand copyright of the Games....

Applicant’s huge interest when filing a patent application in Vietnam is early granting. Due to the backlog problem of IP Vietnam, the examination process is often prolonged. Generally, the average time to obtain a patent in Vietnam is approximately three to five...

In Vietnam, computer programs are expressly excluded from patentable subject matter under Clause 2 – Article 59 of the Vietnam IP Law....

Article 60 of the Intellectual Property Law (revised in 2019) in Vietnam:...

Decree 126/2021/ND-CP takes effect from January 1, 2022, which is to amend and supplement several provisions of Decree 99/2013/ND-CP dated August 29, 2013, on sanctioning administrative violations in the Intellectual Property (IP) field....

Implementation time: from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2025 (this is the 3rd phase of the program)...

The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) signed its first Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) agreement with the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) in October 2015, and the program has officially commenced since April 1, 2016....