Register for packaging industrial design in Vietnam
Packaging is used to wrap and protect the use of goods, to create favorable conditions for movement, preservation in warehouses, and product consumption. In addition, product packaging is quite important for any type of product because customers will have the first impression of a product if its packaging is eye-catching. Normally, the packaging is designed to be very attractive, suitable for that product and brand of business. It also plays an important role in attracting consumers. Therefore, packaging can also be protected as an industrial design.
According to the International Classification of Industrial Designs ( Edition under the Locarno Agreement), bottles are classified in class 05, group 09 (Group of packaging, bottles, containers is used to transport and store goods).
Packaging industrial design registration dossier
02 industrial design registration declarations, typed according to form No.03-KDCN Appendix A of Circular No.01/2007/TT-BKHCN;
01 industrial design description; (the industrial design description must meet the requirements of Point 33.5 of the Circular No.01/2007/TT-BKHCN; the industrial design description must include the following information: industrial design name; field of industrial design use; the closet similar industrial design; list of photos or drawings; a detailed description of the industrial design; request for protection of industrial designs);
04 sets of industrial design photos/drawings;
Receipts off fee payments;
A power of attorney (if the industrial design application is submitted through an industrial property representation service organization);
An assignment certificate of the right to apply (if any);
Documents confirming the right to register (in case of being transferred from someone else);
Documents proving the priority right (if the industrial design application has a request for priority right).
Order and procedure for packaging industrial design registration
Method of submitting: industrial design registration application can be either submitted directly or online:
Submit directly: Applicant may submit an industrial design registration application directly or via postal service to one of the Intellectual Property Office’s applications receiving places, specifically:
The National Office of Intellectual Property, address: 386 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi city;
Representative office of the National Office of Intellectual Property in Ho Chi Minh city, address: floor, Ha Phan building, 17/19 Ton That Tung Street, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city;
Representative office of the National of Intellectual Property in Da Nang, address: 135 Minh Mang Street, Khue My Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang city.
Online submission: Applicant needs a digital certificate and digital signature. The applicant also needs to register an account on the Online Application Receiving System and have an account approved by the National Office of Intellectual Property to perform registration transactions for industrial property rights.
From the date of receipt by the Intellectual Property, the industrial design registration application shall be considered in the following order:
Form appraisal: 01 months.
Publish the application: within 02 months from the date of acceptance as a valid industrial design registration application.
Content appraisal: not later than 07 months, from the date of publication.
Time to grant a protection title: 02 – 03 months from the date of paying a granting fee. After having to grant a protection title decision, the owner or the applicant’s representative pays the granting fee and receives the industrial design registration certificate.
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