Assignment of patent
In case a lawful owner of a patent would like to assign his patent to a third party, he can register the patent assignment at National Office of Intellectual Property as below: The required documents include: Application form The assignment agreement of the patent The original of the patent Power of Attorney Examination period: According […]
SB is on behalf of Kench Limited Company to register the trademark for product of wine at National Office of Intellectual Property
Kench limited company is a joint venture between a local company and an oversea company, investing to build an industrial scale production distillery of vodka and other kinds of wine in Vietnam. To comply with Vietnam laws on labeling before bringing products to the market, Kench already registered two trademarks at NOP SB is proud […]
Bell Flavors & Fragrances obtains a protection for its trademark in Vietnam
Bell Flavors & Fragrances is one of well-known corporations in Germany established in 1912. Being built and developed for decades for decades, the corporation already becomes one of first rank suppliers of spices and fragrances in the world. In Vietnam, beyond opening its commercial presence, Bell Flavors & Fragrances also pays attention to protect its […]
From 2013, SB Law shall be the Legal Service provider for Ascott Vietnam.
Ascott Vietnam is the subsidiary of Ascott Singapore, which is one of the biggest international corporations in the business of leasing apartments and offices. It is also member of the CapitaLand Group, a leading Asian real estate corporation. The highly reputed brands of Ascott in the international market are “The Ascott Residence”, “Somerset” and “Citadines”. […]
CIRCULAR NO.10/2012/TT-BXD regarding the issuance of construction license.
On December 12th 2012, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No.10/2012/TT-BXD guiding the Decree No. 64/2012/NĐ-CP regarding the issuance of construction license. This Circular provides guidance to the above mentioned Decree and consequently is applicable to all domestic or foreign organizations and individual investors and is related to the issuance of the construction licenses and […]
State Securities Commission responsible for public issue of stocks under the new regulation
On November 19, 2012, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 204/2012/TT-BTC guiding the dossier and procedure for public offering of securities. The newly-issued Circular is considered as the guiding document for the Law on Securities 2006, Decree 58/2012/ND-CP and Decree 118/2008/ND-CP regarding to the application dossier, the announcement and reporting responsibility of issuers, […]
Rates of interest for term deposits regulated once again by SBV
On December 21, 2012, The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) issued Circular No. 32/2012/TT-NHNN regulating the maximum rates of interest (MRI) on the deposits in VND by organizations and individuals in credit institutions and branches of foreign banks. The salient features of this Circular is as follows: The MRI on demand deposits and term […]
MOCST is the regulatory body for governing the Assessor card issued for copyright related rights
On 13th December 2012, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) issued Circular 15/2012/TT-BVHTTDL pursuant to the Decree No. 100/2006/ND-CP of September 21, 2006 and Decree No. 105/2006/ND-CP dated 22 December 09, 2006 providing guidelines to the assessment activities of copyright and related rights, including the grant, revocation of the assessor's card of copyright and related […]
Amending license of representative office in Viet Nam
We would like to introduce the legal procedure to change the name of representative office (R.O) and chief of R.O as follows: Based on Article 10, Decree 72/2006/ND-CP on July 25th 2006, it shall take 10 working days for trader to obtain the amended license from the date of legitimate submission. However, in practical it […]