What is a brand?
Trademarks are signs owned by an individual/organization and protected by law. Trademarks are used to distinguish products or services of the same type from different production/business units.
You can look up trademarks at the Intellectual Property Office's website: http://iplib.noip.gov.vn/WebUI/WSearch.php
Brand Classification
There are many different types of trademarks you can register, depending on what type of trademark you have, including:
Trademark
A group of trademarks used to distinguish similar types of goods with similar characteristics and properties of business entities from each other. Trademarks are affixed to the packaging or each product to distinguish them from similar types of goods of other businesses.
Service Marks
This is a type of trademark used to distinguish between different types of services. Used by service providers to name the services that the business provides and clearly distinguish them from other similar service providers. For example: Service marks used by banks, insurance organizations, etc.
Note: Service marks are essentially the same as trademarks and can be registered, renewed, invalidated, and transferred to another entity.
Certification mark
This is a type of trademark used to certify that a product or service complies with a specific standard that is not owned by any member. Any individual or organization can use this certification mark when it is granted a certificate, provided that they can prove that their product or service can fully meet the standards that were initially determined when registering the certification mark.
Note: For example, for products made from sedge, all manufacturers of this product have the right to certify their products. This means that the applicant will prove that their product is 100% made from sedge.
Collective trademark
This is a type of trademark registered by an organization or a group of individuals or a cooperative. The organizations that own this collective trademark do not use it themselves, but the members of that organization use it to market their products.
Note: Collective trademarks of collective organizations are not the users of the trademark, but the members of that collective are entitled to use the protected trademark.
Famous brand
A trademark recognized by a competent state agency (administrative or judicial agency) of a certain country. A famous trademark is automatically protected without the owner having to register it. The purpose is to prevent other companies from taking advantage of the reputation of a famous trademark, causing damage to the reputation of that trademark among consumers.
The meaning of trademark registration
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Registering a trademark helps consumers distinguish a company's products/services from those of other companies.
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A registered trademark is an important legal condition in building a brand for a company's sustainable development strategy, especially in advertising and marketing products.
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A registered trademark helps manufacturers be aware of maintaining product quality and not infringing on consumer rights.
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Creating a basis for generating ownership rights is the basis for resolving disputes related to products.
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Create prestige in the market when the company's products have the @ symbol next to the brand and are registered in the National Trademark Register
Trademark registration application
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Application form for Certificate of Trademark Registration with sample of trademark to be registered attached
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Power of attorney (if the enterprise submits through an Industrial Property representative unit)
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Trademark registration form
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Copy of business registration certificate
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Documents confirming the legal right to file an application if the applicant enjoys the rights of another person such as: Will, Application transfer contract (if any)
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A copy of the first application with a request for priority under an international treaty to which Vietnam is a member.
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Receipt of application fee
Note: All of the above documents must be submitted at the same time. However, if within 2 months of formal assessment, the enterprise can still submit some additional documents proving priority rights or proving the origin of goods.
Trademark registration service of HLA
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Consulting on trademark registration and related legal procedures
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Consulting on how to design a trademark suitable for the goods/services to be registered
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Carry out the classification of registered industries according to the provisions of the current Intellectual Property Law.
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Conduct trademark searches on the database of the Intellectual Property Office for free for customers. At the same time, evaluate the ability to protect the customer's trademark based on the search results.
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Guide customers to prepare necessary documents and papers and draft trademark registration applications according to legal regulations.
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Complete trademark registration application, represent clients in submitting and monitoring applications at the Intellectual Property Office
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Amendments and supplements according to the request letter of the Department
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Help clients draft a complaint letter in case the business receives a decision to refuse to grant a protection certificate.
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Pay the diploma fee, receive the diploma and hand it over to you.
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Advice on how to exercise rights to a trademark that has been granted a certificate of protection
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Consulting and resolving disputes related to granted trademarks
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Carry out procedures for transferring granted diplomas to other entities
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Send official dispatches, proposing solutions for acts of infringement of rights to trademarks that have been granted protection certificates
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Carry out certificate renewal procedures for customers
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Advice on other legal issues
For any questions related to trademark registration, please contact us for specific advice.
Copyright registration service: computer program, logo, article, artwork, music work...Trademark registration service for self-protection and using exclusively..
TRADEMARK LOGO
1. Brand – Logo (Trademark) Protection
“Trademark” is the logo, name, brand, ... attached to goods, signs, packages, websites, transaction documents in business activities used to distinguish goods or services of different organizations and individuals.
Trademarks (brand) are only protected and exclusive use when organizations/individuals complete the trademark registration procedure before state agencies competent and are granted a trademark registration certificate (a protection title).
Form of Trademark Registration Certificate (Trademark Protection Title)
Copyright Registration
List of copyright to be protected:
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Logo copyright: logo, identification system and product packaging, fashion design, interior design, decoration.
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Computer programs, computer software
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Stories, short stories, comics, program scripts, format of a game show, contest formats, ...
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Music works
Software Protection - Computer Programs
Registration of copyright protection of software, computer programs:
Computer Programs:
Computer system software: PC software is designed to operate and control the computer hardware and provides an architecture for running application software.
Computer application software: is a program capable of making a computer to direct a task that the user wants to perform, for example, drafting documents, play games, listen to music or go network access...
Software applications on mobile devices (smartphones, tablets), Web-based software is also seen as "computer programs"
Products Registration
Product designs (industrial designs) are appearance of products, tools, equipment, means, etc. in all fields.
Some common product designs are usually registered for protection:
The product design (industrial design) is protected and exclusive to use only if it is registered and granted a protection title.
An Industrial Design Protection Title Template
Patent Protection
An invention / utility solutions are expressed in the following 05 forms:
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Structure: is a collection of parts with the same or different functions, linked together to perform a certain function, for example: tools, machines, equipment, machine parts, detail assemblies machines, other products, etc.
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Substance: is a collection of interrelated elements, characterized by the presence, proportion and state of elements forming and having certain functions. Substance may be a chemical compound, a mixture of substances, for example: materials, materials, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals;
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Method: is a procedure for performing stages or series of stages that occur at the same time or consecutively over time, under defined technical conditions using the specified means, for example: production process, processing, mining, measurement, exploration, etc.
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Biological material: is a material that contains genetic information, capable of self-replicating or being reproduced in biological systems, such as cells, genes, transgenic plants;
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Using a known device (or a substance, a method, a biological material) according to the new function is to use them with a function different from the known function, for example: using cheese as a cure for toothache
The invention is protected and used exclusively when carrying out the registration procedure and is granted an exclusive patent.
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