Cancellation Proceeding of Trademark in Cambodia
A registered mark may be cancelled, upon request of a third party on the ground that (i) the mark is neither used by the owner, nor transferred to others for use within consecutive five (5) years prior to the point one month prior to the filing date of the request, without indicating the special circumstances […]
Opposition Proceeding of Trademark in Cambodia.
Within 90 days after the publication date of the application in the Official Gazette, any interested person may lodge an opposition against the registration of the mark and in such a case, it has to present the grounds for opposition and provide evidences on which the opposition is based. For filing an opposition against a […]
Trademark in Cambodia
SBLAW WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME INFORMATION ON TRADEMARK REGISTRATION IN CAMBODIA AS FOLLOWS: 1. Trademark search (Optional): In order to verify the registrabiIity of trademark in Cambodia, applicant should conduct a search of trademark. The result will show that whether or not your trademark is similar to trademark registered by other applicants for the same […]
Registering service mark in Vietnam
In case the client would like to register the service mark in Vietnam, as the leading intellectual property firm in Vietnam, it is ensured that we will provide the client qualified service with competitive fee. We would like to advise procedure and fee for registering the service trademark in Vietnam as hereafter: I. TRADEMARK […]
Special Consumption Tax
Scope of application (SB Law) Special consumption tax (“SCT”) is applied to the production or import of certain goods and the provision of certain services, which are either luxury or discouraged for consumption. In particular, the following goods and services are subject to SCT: (a) Goods: Cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco preparations used for smoking, […]
Value Added Tax
(SB Law) VAT applies to the supply of goods and services for use in production, business or consumption in Vietnam. VAT is calculated on the sale/purchase price of the relevant goods or service before the addition of VAT. The applicable VAT rates are 0%, 5% and 10%, of which the normal rate of 10% is […]
Legal Updates 3\12\2013
THE HIGHEST FEE FOR VERIFYING MEDICAL PROFESSION STANDARS IS VND 20 MILLION The Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 03/2013/TTBTC dated January 08, 2013 on the fees for verifying conditional lines of business; the fees for verifying the standards and conditions for medical practice and pharmacy practice; the fees for issuing License to import, […]
New regulation on amending the company income tax preferences
On November 15, 2012, Ministry of Finance issued Circular No. 199/2012/TT-BTC guiding the implementation of the Decree No. 122/2011/NĐ-CP dated 27/12/2011 on amending the company income tax preferences for companies being enjoyed the company income tax incentives by meeting the conditions on the export rate which are terminated by meeting the conditions on the export […]
Foreign entities must pay the Company Income Tax (CIT) for equity transfer operation.
Under the Dispatch No. 3835/TCT-CS of General Department of Taxation dated 01/11/2012, the equity transferring of foreign entities are regulated as follows: - In case the foreign entity, which contributing capital in the Vietnamese company, transfers capital to abroad parent company, this entity must pay CIT for equity transferring if arising income. - In case […]