Register trademark for cup and mug products in Vietnam

In the context of an increasingly competitive market, building and protecting a brand is a key factor helping businesses affirm their position and build trust with customers. For cup and mug products in the ceramic and glass industry, or consumer products such as paper cups and takeaway coffee cups, trademark registration not only helps distinguish the enterprise’s products from other competitors but is also the legal basis to protect rights when intellectual property disputes occur. So how are the process, procedures, and conditions for trademark registration for this product line carried out? Below, Viet An Law Firm would like to provide information on trademark registration for cup and mug products in Vietnam.

Instructions on classifying trademark goods and services for cup and mug products

Based on the Nice Classification of goods and services, based on the materials creating the cup and mug products, trademark registration for cup and mug products can be done for the following classes of goods and services:

• Class 6: Cups and mugs made of metal;
• Class 16: Cups and mugs made of paper;
• Class 21: Cups and mugs made of plastic, glass, ceramic, earthenware, porcelain, terracotta…;
• Class 35: Buying, selling, import-export, displaying, and introducing cup and mug products.

Trademark registration dossier for cup and mug products

• 02 Trademark registration declarations according to the form;
• 05 Trademark samples with size 80 x 80 mm;
• In case of requesting priority rights, provide documents proving priority rights;
• In case of registering a collective mark or certification mark, provide the following additional documents:
  • Regulations on the use of collective marks/certification marks;
  • Explanation of the characteristic nature and quality of the cup and mug products bearing the mark;
  • Map of the geographical area (if it is a mark certifying geographical origin or contains place names or other signs indicating the geographical origin of local specialties);
  • Document from the Provincial People’s Committee allowing the registration of the trademark for cup and mug products (if containing place names or other signs indicating the geographical origin of local specialties).

Trademark registration declaration form

The trademark registration declaration is made according to Form No. 08 Appendix 1 issued with Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP.

Contact Viet An Law for more information.

How to fill in declaration to register trademark for cup and mug products in Vietnam

• Accurately describe the colors shown on the trademark;
• List the constituent elements of the trademark including the image part, the word part, or a combination of both the image and word parts;
• The trademark is described in the order from top to bottom, from left to right, from outside to inside;
• Describe the font style, font, meaning; for the word part in a foreign language, it must be translated into Vietnamese;
• Describe the image part: must describe colors; shapes; clearly describe the symbolic and stylized parts;
• Select the class of goods and services corresponding to each type of cup and mug product as Viet An Law classified above;
• The applicant uses the sign “;” between products and services in the class;
• End each class by recording the total number of products in that class.

Form of submission and competent authority for resolution

Organizations and individuals submit applications through the following forms:

• Priority: Register online at the website: https://dichvucong.ipvietnam.gov.vn
• Register directly / via post at the Head Office or Representative Office of the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Vietnam) in Hanoi or Representative Offices of IP Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
• Note: For updates on the new dossier receiving address from 2026, please contact Viet An Law for instructions.

The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam is the competent authority to grant trademark registration certificates for cup and mug products.

Sequence and procedures for trademark registration for cup and mug products

• Step 1: Search for trademark protection capability for cup and mug products through the following methods:
  • Preliminary search at the website: http://wipopublish.ipvietnam.gov.vn/wopublish-search/public/trademarks;
  • Paid search from the Intellectual Property Office.
• Step 2: Submit trademark registration dossier for cup and mug products to the Intellectual Property Office and pay trademark registration fees and charges
• Step 3: The Intellectual Property Office reviews the validity of the application in terms of form and notifies the results of the formal examination of the application within 01 month from the date of receiving the application:
  • In case the application is valid: Issue a decision accepting the valid application;
  • In case the application is invalid: Issue a notice of intention to refuse the application, requesting the applicant to supplement or correct deficiencies within 02 months from the date of issuance of the notice.
• Step 4: Publish the application in the Industrial Property Gazette within 02 months from the date the application is accepted as valid
• Step 5: The Intellectual Property Office examines the content of the application within a period not exceeding 09 months from the date of application publication
• Step 6: Issue a decision to grant or refuse to grant the trademark registration certificate, the resolution results are as follows:
  • In case the application meets protection conditions: The Intellectual Property Office issues a notice of intention to grant the trademark registration certificate;
  • In case the application does not meet protection conditions: The Intellectual Property Office issues a notice of intention to refuse to grant the trademark registration certificate. The applicant proactively sends an official dispatch, providing grounds for their trademark to be granted a diploma.

Necessary factors to successfully register a trademark for cup and mug products?

To successfully register a trademark for cup and mug products, the following conditions must be met:

• The trademark for cup and mug products meets all trademark protection conditions, specifically:
  • It is a visible sign in the form of letters, words, drawings, images, three-dimensional figures, or a combination of those elements, represented by one or more colors or sound signs representable in graphical form;
  • Capable of distinguishing the cup and mug products of the trademark owner from the cup and mug products of other subjects.
• The trademark registration dossier components for cup and mug products are valid, specifically:
  • Have full dossier components according to regulations;
  • The information declared in the dossier is accurate;
  • The trademark description matches the registered trademark sample, clearly indicating the distinctiveness of the trademark;
  • Classification of cup and mug products is correct according to the Nice Classification of goods and services.

Trademark protection term after register trademark for cup and mug products in Vietnam

Based on Article 93 of the Law on Intellectual Property 2005, amended and supplemented in 2022, the trademark protection term for cup and mug products is 10 years, from the date of issuance of the trademark registration certificate to 10 years after the filing date. The trademark owner can renew multiple consecutive times, each time for ten years. The trademark owner is only protected for the trademark of cup and mug products within the territory of Vietnam if registering for trademark protection in Vietnam. In case the trademark owner registers for international trademark protection under the Madrid Protocol and Agreement, the trademark is protected within the territory of the designated country.

Famous cup and mug product trademarks on the market

• Minh Long cups, bowls, and plates trademark is one of the leading brands in cup, bowl, mug products… in Vietnam and exported to the world market. The Minh Long trademark is owned by Minh Long 1 Co., Ltd. Established in 1970, inheriting the 3-generation pottery tradition of a Ly family clan, Minh Long has produced a variety of products that both carry modern features and retain traditional features, from civil to high-end use.
• “CK” trademark is a famous brand of household ceramics including products such as cups, bowls, plates… The trademark owner is Chuan Kuo Ceramics Company in Taiwan. The CK brand started penetrating into Vietnam since 1994 and gradually became a prominent brand in the ceramics field.
• Noritake trademark is a leading high-end porcelain brand in Japan, famous for high-end porcelain tableware, cups, and mugs blended between Western style and Japanese spirit. The Noritake trademark was granted a protection diploma in Vietnam very early (Year 1996).

Customers wishing to register trademark for cup and mug products in Vietnam, please contact Viet An Law Firm for the best support!