Cases & Comments
Pycnogenol®: The fight against the risk of trademark becoming a generic name
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January 13, 2022
Our Client, Horphag Research Management SA has the exclusive rights to market and sell Pycnogenol®, the original name of the French pine bark extract. Horphag’s Pycnogenol® is registered as trademark…
Assignment of trademarks – Current regulations and practice in Vietnam
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August 27, 2021
Assignment of the industrial property rights to a trademark means the trademark owner transferring/assigning its ownership of the trademark to another person. Under the current IP Law of Vietnam, a…
SAMSUNG FLIP: Successful petition against the disclaimer imposed by the VNIPO
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July 26, 2021
In February 2020, the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office (“VNIPO”) issued a notification informing that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s “SAMSUNG FLIP” mark in class 09 was accepted for registration in its…
GIGA SOUND: An unprecedented appeal against the VNIPO’s refusal of protection of the Madrid trademark application designating Vietnam.
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July 26, 2021
In 2014, Samsung’s “GIGA SOUND” mark in class 09 under the International Registration (IR) no. 1143271 designating Vietnam was provisionally refused protection by the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office (“VNIPO”) as…