Cases & Comments
The Korea Ginseng Corp.’s corporate identity symbols: Successful petition against the disclaimer imposed by the VNIPO
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July 26, 2021
The case in brief In July 2019, the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office (“VNIPO”) issued a notification informing that our client’s “” mark under a national application in classes 05, 29,…
“Do Bigger Things”: Succcessful arguments against the VNIPO’s refusal of a slogan mark
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June 26, 2021
In April 2020, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s “Do Bigger Things” mark in class 09 under a national application was provisionally refused by the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office (“VNIPO”) as it…
Korea Ginseng Corp.’s successful cancellation of Vietnamese trademark registration which were filed in bad faith
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June 10, 2021
In 2017, after a 8-year fight, D&N International successfully cancelled the validity of the three (3) trademark registrations for “KGC & device”, “CHEONG KWAN JANG & device” and “CHEON KWAN…
Trademark case “ENSHU”: Obtaining consent from the citied mark to overcome the NOIP’s refusal
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December 15, 2017
Recently, D&N International, representing ENSHU Limited, Japan, has successfully overcome the NOIP’s refusal of registration of the trademark “” on the ground that it is confusingly similar to the trademark…