Registration procedures monopoly protection brands

Trademarks are protected when they are certified in the Department of Intellectual Property and recorded in the national register of industrial property, and published in the Official Journal of Intellectual Property. To be issued a certificate of trademark protection, the first condition is this brand is not identical or confusingly similar trademark has been registered previously for the same products and services at the Property Department intellectual.

The process of registering their trademarks(đăng ký bảo hộ thương hiệu), as follows:
- Look up the brand protection capabilities:
The trademark search is necessary before filing quyentai registered trademarks(đăng ký thương hiệu độc quyền) of Intellectual Property Department to determine which brand was not registered for protection, to minimize the time and cost of sales Industry;
- Sign up brand:
Application for trademark registration brushed past 3 steps;
Step 1: Evaluation of the application form: Within 01 months from the date of filing, checking compliance with the regulations for the application form, from which conclusions can be considered the application is valid or not.
Notices accept / deny approval of the application:
· In case of valid application, the Intellectual Property Department will issue a notice of acceptance of the application;
· In case of invalid applications, the Department will issue a notice of refusal to accept the application.
Step 2: Publish the application: within 02 months from the date of acceptance of the valid application; Applications will be considered valid will be published in the Official Gazette of industrial property.
Step 3: Examining the content of the application: within 9 to 12 months from the date the application for registration of trademark protection to be announced. Evaluate the ability of the protected object in the application according to the conditions of protection, and to determine the scope of protection respectively.
The decision to grant / refuse to grant a protection title:
· If the object stated in the application does not meet the requirements for protection of Intellectual Property Department will issue a decision refusing to grant a protection title;
· If the object described in the application meets the requirements of the protection of, and the applicant shall pay the full cost of Intellectual Property Department will issue a decision granting protection, recorded in the national register industrial property, and published in the Official Journal of Intellectual Property.
Records, registration procedures monopoly protection brands(Thủ tục đăng ký bảo hộ thương hiệu độc quyền):
· Power of attorney form;
· Certificate of business registration (photo copies thereof);
· Form brands need to register (image or figure);
· List of goods and services needed protection registration;
To minimize the time and effort to learn about the legal procedures relating to the registration of trademark protection, Minh Anh Consulting offers registered trademarks to protect the intellectual property for customers, include:
- Prepare documents for registration of trademarks;
- Representative customers to submit, track records are registered trademarks in the Department of Intellectual Property of Vietnam;
- Monitor trademark infringement, filing conducting litigation when necessary;
- Carry reply response occurs trademark dispute with another applicant.
- Representative registration certificate brand in the Department of Intellectual Property for customers