Cases & Comments
The Korea Ginseng Corp.’s corporate identity symbols: Successful petition against the disclaimer imposed by the VNIPO
July 26, 2021
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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
June 26, 2021
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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
June 10, 2021
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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
December 15, 2017
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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…