Trademark Registration in Asia
Registration of Trademark in Vietnam
Documents
- 20 representations if not a word mark (required at filing), size should not be smaller than 15 x 15mm and not larger than 80 x 80mm;
- A Power of Attorney from the Applicant duly certified by a Notary Public; Legalization is not necessary (required at filing; a fax copy is acceptable provided that the original is submitted within 03 months from the filing date);
- A certified copy of the document attesting to the legal existence of the entity, e.g. the Business Certificate, or the Certificate of Incorporation (required at filing; a fax copy is acceptable provided that the original is submitted within three months from the filing date);
- A certified copy of the Regulations concerning the use of the mark if the mark is a collective one (required at filing);
- Certified copy of the earlier application plus the sworn English translation thereof (if the application is not in English), or of the Exhibition Certificate (applicable where the Paris Convention Priority is claimed – required within three months from the filing date);
- Documents evidencing the origin or the prize(s) awarded, if the trademark contains such ones (required within three months from the filing date).
Information
- Full name, address and nationality of the Applicant;
- Description of the mark: meaning, colors claimed, transliteration into Roman letters if necessary.
Goods / Services
- List of goods/services;
- International classification of goods and services, if known.
FILING GUIDANCE FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION IN VIETNAM
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The Role of Trademarks in Myanmar
In this highly competitive era, Intellectual Property (“IP”) becomes one of the engines that influences and drives the national economy. Being one of the commercial ironies, legal monopoly characterizing ownership of Intellectual Property is typically a statutory right in the commercial practices. Intellectual Property rights (“IPRs”) such as copyright and related rights, trademarks, geographical indications, patents, layout-designs of integrated circuits and industrial designs are protected. The protection of IPRs is meant for the following purposes: Read the rest of this entry »
Registration of Trademark in Myanmar
GENERAL INFORMATION:
In accordance with the legal regulations on trademark in Myanmar, Kenfox provides the followings advice for possible reference:
- Multi-class application is accepted in Myanmar;
- It usually 04 – 06 weeks from the filing to granting date to obtain a Trademark registration Certificate in Myanmar;
- Renewal of trademark registration is usually done once in every 03 years;
- In Myanmar, since there has been no specific trademark law so far, right after completion of the trademark registration, it is strongly recommended to follow the Cautionary Notice in the local newspaper in order to have public awareness of the ownership of the trademark and warn any potential infringement in case of trademark conflict problem although it is neither compulsory nor stipulated by any law. Read the rest of this entry »
Vietnam Trademark 