Trademark application in Vietnam

Viet An Law Firm is an Intellectual Property law firm in Vietnam/ IP Agent in Vietnam with a representative code at the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam 083. With nearly 20 years of consulting and supporting trademark registration services in Vietnam, we are one of the IP Agents in Vietnam that is regularly in the top 10 local law firms in Vietnam with the largest number of trademark registration applications each year in Vietnam. Viet An Law has registered and established rights for thousands of foreign trademarks in Vietnam with the best service and the best service cost!

Required information for full package trademark registration service of Viet An Law

• Trademark sample to be registered;
• List of registered goods/services;
• Power of Attorney according to the form prepared by Viet An Law (including information of the registered company or registered individual of the trademark).

Trademark search and registration process

• Trademark search (01-02 days);
• Complete the trademark registration application (1 day)
• Receive a declaration confirming the filing of a trademark application (1 day)
• Accept valid application (30 – 55 days)
• Accept or not grant a certificate (from 12-18 months)
• Grant of exclusive trademark protection certificate (60 days).

Contact Viet An Law to use the full package trademark registration service via Hotline: (+84) 9 66 99 59 88 (WhatsApp, Viber, Zalo, Wechat).

Summary of costs for trademark application in Vietnam

Viet An Law offers free preliminary trademark searches for clients who want to register a trademark.

Total cost of package trademark registration service until the certificate of protection is granted

If there is more than 01 class, the registration fee will increase according to the actual number of registered classes.

State fees payable when filing a trademark application

Normally, to register 01 trademark with 01 class of goods and services, the state fee will be nearly 60 USD / 01 trademark / 1 class of goods and services (which is included in the 165USD package service fee above).

Notes on trademark application in Vietnam

• Fees and charges are collected in VND, but foreign clients can pay Viet An Law in USD.
• Viet An Law’s service fee for each specific trademark registration request: Clients please contact us to send specific information according to the requirements of each registration application.
• Fee reduction is regulated annually depending on the state’s socio-economic policies.
• If the trademark is not granted a Trademark Registration Certificate, the fee will still be lost, except for the certificate issuance fee of VND 360,000/class/trademark.
• Trademark registration fee includes exclusive trademark usage fee for 10 years from the date of application.
• State fees are regulated in Circular: 263/2016/TT-BTC.
• The above fees do not include 5% VAT, transfer fees, and foreign bank transfer fees.

Contact Viet An Law Firm to use the full package trademark registration service via Hotline: (+84) 9 61 67 55 66 (WhatsApp, Viber, Zalo, Wechat).

Reasons to choose Viet An Law’s trademark registration service

• As a law firm specializing in trademarks in particular and intellectual property rights in general, with the function of an intellectual property representative organization to perform legal trademark registration services and ensure sufficient expertise to best support clients;
• The trademark service of Viet An Law is the perfect solution to support individuals and businesses to protect their goods against trademark infringement and increase competitiveness to be able to stand firm in the domestic and international markets.
• Viet An Law offers solutions to help businesses with duplicate trademarks come up with new plans to stylize and redesign trademarks that can be registered and protected;
• Viet An Law supports trademark services not only in Vietnam but also supports clients in registering trademarks worldwide, registering trademarks under the Madrid system.
• Viet An Law is in charge from A to Z for the entire trademark registration process and updates notifications according to work progress for clients.
• Viet An Law is recognized to work on behalf of clients, respond to exchanges with the Intellectual Property Office about the trademark registration process for clients, and object to unreasonable rejections from the agency receiving the registration application.
• Viet An Law monitors and updates registered trademarks similar to the client’s trademark to support the client in opposing the trademark application (if any);
• With a team of lawyers and intellectual property representatives with more than 20 years of experience in consulting and representing trademark registration for many clients, handling disputes related to trademarks will provide the best support and forecast for clients’ trademark registration.
• With two offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City along with intellectual property lawyer partners around the world, we believe we will bring the best experience to our clients when using IP services by Viet An Law at the most suitable cost!

Conditions for trademark protection in Vietnam

General requirements

• Mark is a visible sign in the form of letters, words, drawings, images, three-dimensional figures, or a combination of such elements, represented by one or more colors or a sound sign represented in graphic form.
• A trademark is only protected if it is not identical or similar to a famous trademark.

Distinctive requirement

• A trademark is capable of distinguishing the goods and services of the trademark owner from those of other entities.
• A trademark is considered to be distinctive if it is made up of one or several easily recognizable, easily memorable elements or of many elements combined into a whole that is easily recognizable, easily memorable, and does not fall under the categories of excluded signs.
• The trademark must not be identical or similar to a domain name, trade name, geographical indication, industrial design, etc. owned by another person.
• A trademark that contains a copy of a work, except with the permission of the owner of that work.

Non-protected sign in trademark regime

• Similar to the National Flag, National Emblem, National Anthem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and other countries, international anthem.
• Symbols, flags, badges, abbreviations, full names of state agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations of Vietnam, and international organizations, if not permitted by such agencies or organizations (For example the brand name must not coincide with the badge of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union …).
• Real names, nicknames, pen names, images of leaders, national heroes, and celebrities of Vietnam and foreign countries (For example: brand names must not be the same as the names of national heroes such as Napoléon, Albert Einstein, Ho Chi Minh, etc.)

A trademark is not protected if it contains signs describing the good quality, uses, or properties, including:

• Certification marks, inspection marks, and warranty marks of international organizations that the organization requires must not be used unless the organization itself registers those marks as certification marks.
• Signs that mislead, confuse, or deceive consumers about the origin, features, uses, quality, value, or other characteristics of goods and services. For example; if a trademark is named: “BEST”, or “EXCELLENT”,… it will not be protected.
• The sign is the inherent shape of the goods or is required by the technical characteristics of the goods.

Clients who need to use trademark application in Vietnam, please contact Viet An Law, hotline: (+84) 9 61 67 55 66 (WhatsApp, Viber, Zalo, Wechat), for the best support.