Industrial design means the outward appearance of a product embodied in three dimensional configuration, lines, colours or a combination of such elements. There exists design patent granted to the design inventor or legal applicant in exchange for a disclosure of the design.
With a broad range of experience, KENFOX assist clients in establishing, maintaining, and enforcing industrial rights on a global basis.
KENFOX’s typical pieces of practice in the design area include:
- Giving advisce on selection and suitability of designs to be registered;
- Conducting pre-filing and infringement searches and advising on protectability of a design;
- Considering possible alternatives of design registration;
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting application from filing through grant;
- Renewal payment service;
- Instuting opposition, appeal, cancellation, invalidation and anti-infringement proceedings;
- Advising on compulsory licence application;
- Revocation of registered designs;
- Bringing infringement and other proceedings to the Court;
- Patent renewal payment;
- Negotiating, drafting agreements and doing licensing and assigning work;
- Recording changes for industrial design patent as granted.
And any other pieces of work upon client’s request and agreement. Please click here for contact.
GUIDANCE TO OBTAIN PATENT FOR DESIGN IN VIETNAM
Industrial design
means the outward appearance of a product embodied in three dimensional configuration, lines, colours or a combination of such elements.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
FOR TRADEMARK IN VIETNAM:
- Design of logo, trademark, products’ label upon client’s request as well as providing consultancy on trademark design and protection as well as designing strategies for overall trademark protection;
- Conducting trademarks searches based on the database of the NOIP to identify the probability of successful registration of chosen trademarks;
- Preparing, filling and follow-up of applications for registration of trade and service marks and counsel on all trademark matters;
- Opposing and defending the grant of trademark registration;
- Filing a cancellation and/or termination action against a Trademark Registration;
- Attending to renewal of trade mark registrations, recording of assignments, changes of name/ address and records of license contracts;
- Conducting trademark investigations and market surveys on trademark to identify if the targeted trademark has been used in Vietnam or not;
- Customs recordal of trademark rights and customs brand protection training;
- Handling trademark infringement via civil remedies/measure or court proceedings, conducting market investigation on the targted trademark and collecting infringement evidences.
- IP Appeal and Dispute Resolution