Trademark registration in Vietnam

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The demand for trademark registration in Vietnam by foreign individuals and enterprises is increasingly high. This is a measure that helps investors protect their products from infringement and increase competitiveness to remain in the foreign market.

Viet An Law Firm

18 years of formation and development

Viet An Law was established under the following official registrations:

Certificate No.01010266/TP/DKTP issued in 2007 by the Hanoi Department of Justice
Certificate No.1448/QĐ-SHTT issued in 2007 by the Vietnam Intellectual Property Department
Certificate No.06.2504/TP/ĐKHĐ issued in 2016 by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Justice
Confirmation No.9316/XN-CT-TTHT issued in 2020 by the Hanoi Tax Department

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Trademark registration in Vietnam

Regarding Law on Intellectual property 2025, the objects are allowed to register for trademark includes: individuals and business organization. Thereof, these objects are: Vietnams individuals, business entities or foreigners (individuals or organizations). Nonetheless, Vietnamese individuals, companies can register trademark by themselves directly in National Office of Intellectual Property or through Industrial Intellectual Representation, but foreign individuals and companies, who would like to register for trademark in Vietnam, must submit registration dossier through Industrial Intellectual Representation Companies, such as Viet An Law Firm.

Conditions for a trademark to be granted a certificate in Vietnam

Through our consulting experience, we have observed that many investors fall into serious traps due to limited understanding or reliance on informal and unverified advice.

A trademark will be protected if it meets the following requirements

The sign used as a trademark must be visible and may take the form of letters, words, drawings, images, three-dimensional shapes, or a combination of those elements, and may be represented in one or more colors; a sound sign is also acceptable provided it is represented in a graphic form.

A trademark will only be protected if it is distinctive and is not identical or confusingly similar to a trademark previously registered or to well-known marks.

Distinctiveness

A trademark is considered to have distinctiveness if it is composed of one or several elements that are easily recognizable and memorable, or by a combination of elements which together form a whole that is easily recognizable and memorable, and it does not fall within excluded sign categories.

A trademark must not be identical or confusingly similar to a domain name, trade name, geographical indication, industrial design, or other industrial property right owned by another person.

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Documents required for a trademark registration in Vietnam

To carry out the procedures for applying for the IRC and establishing a foreign-invested company in Vietnam, investors must prepare the following groups of documents:

A sample/specimen of the trademark to be registered

A list of goods/services for registration (specifying classes and items);

A power of attorney (using Viet An Law Firm’s template);

Documents proving priority (if the application claims priority).

Fees for

Trademark Registration and Renewal in Vietnam

The fee for trademark registration in Vietnam starts from $200 USD per trademark per one class, for up to six items within a class.

The minimum trademark certificate renewal fee is $200 USD/01 trademark/1 group.

(if you are an overseas IP representative company, please contact us for the best service fee)

Trademark registration in Vietnam – consulting services provided by Viet An Law Firm:

Providing preliminary advice before representing the client to carry out the required procedures with the competent State authority (The NOIP ofVietnam) relating to trademark registration in Vietnam;
Conducting trademark searches and notifying the client of the search results in writing;
Preparing the application dossier and directly filing and monitoring the status of the trademark registration application at IP Vietnam on behalf of the client;
Notifying, advising, and handling any deficiencies/office actions/refusals issued by the competent State authority (if any) during the application process;
Receiving official correspondence, Certificates of Trademark Registration, and delivering them to the client.

Procedure for trademark registration in Vietnam

Step 1

Advanced and intensive trademark search at the industrial property registration information portal system of the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office.

Step 2

Drafting and filing the trademark application at the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office.

Step 3

Receive the notice of the result of the application examination from the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam. There are 02 cases:

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Hand over the final Result

📌 An important note

Trademark protection term; term of extension of validity of trademark protection certificate in Vietnam

The validity period of a trademark protection certificate is 10 years from the date of filing the application, the owner can extend the registration certificate after every 10 consecutive years, without limit on the number of renewal requests.

The owner of the certificate must submit a request for renewal to the National Office of Intellectual Property within 06 months before the date of expiry of the trademark Registration certificate and can extend it no later than 6 months after the expiry date (pay late renewal fee).

However, clients should note:

After a trademark is granted a protection title, if the trademark is not used by the owner or by a person authorized by the owner for five consecutive years before the date on which a request for termination of validity is filed, and there is no legitimate reason for such non-use - except where use is commenced or recommenced at least three months before the date of the request for termination - then the protection title may be terminated.
After three years from the expiry date of the trademark protection title, if the owner has not renewed it, the mark is no longer considered when assessing identity or confusing similarity that may be confused with another trademark.
For any difficulties or issues relating to trademark registration in Vietnam, please contact Viet An Law Firm for the best support!

📝 Renewal trademark certificates

Procedures for renewal of trademark certificates in Vietnam

During 6 months before the expiration of the trademark certificate, the owner of the trademark certificate needs to submit an extension dossier to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam.

Trademark renewal dossiers in Vietnam should:

The old trademark certificate (if you want to record the extension on the certificate);
Power of Attorney according to the form of Viet An Law.

The time to renew the trademark certificate is expected to be 10-12 months.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Viet An Law Firm receives many questions related to setting up businesses. Below are the most asked questions:

Who has the right to register a trademark in Vietnam?

Foreign individuals, enterprises, and organizations producing goods or providing services are entitled to register trademarks in Vietnam. Specifically, organizations, enterprises, and individuals have the right to register trademarks to be used for goods produced or services provided by such entities.

Signs excluded from trademark protection in Vietnam?

The following signs shall not be protected as trademarks in Vietnam:

Signs identical with or confusingly similar to National flags, National emblems, National anthems of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and of other countries, or The Internationale;
Signs identical with or confusingly similar to emblems, flags, armorial bearings, abbreviated names, or full names of Vietnamese State agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations, or international organizations, without permission from such bodies;
Signs identical with or confusingly similar to real names, aliases, pseudonyms, or images of leaders, national heroes, or famous personalities of Vietnam or foreign countries;
Signs identical with or confusingly similar to certification seals, control seals, or warranty seals of international organizations which require that such signs must not be used, unless such organizations register such seals as certification marks;
Signs liable to mislead, cause confusion, or deceive consumers as to the origin, functional parameters, intended use, quality, value, or other characteristics of goods or services;
Signs consisting of shapes inherent to the goods or required by the technical characteristics of the goods;
Signs containing copies of works, unless permitted by the owners of such works.

What is the timeline for trademark registration in Vietnam?

Formality examination: Within 01 month from the filing date, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Vietnam) shall examine the application for formal validity (checking the declaration form and filing documents).
Publication of the application: Upon acceptance as a valid application, it shall be published in the Industrial Property Official Gazette within 02 months from the date of the notice of acceptance of a valid application.
Substantive examination: IP Vietnam shall assess the conditions for protection (distinctiveness, non-infringement of other marks, non-violation of prohibited regulations). The statutory time limit is no more than 09 months from the date of publication.
Grant of Protection Title: If the trademark satisfies the protection conditions, IP Vietnam shall grant the Trademark Registration Certificate. The period from the conclusion of the publication to the issuance of the certificate is approximately 1-2 months (provided there is no opposition and the applicant pays all applicable fees and charges).

Note: The aforementioned periods exclude the time for the applicant or their representative to respond to or amend the formality of the application, and exclude the time for them to respond to or submit opinions regarding the substantive examination notice from IP Vietnam.

Conclusion: According to legal regulations, the total statutory time for processing a dossier from filing to the grant of the Trademark Registration Certificate is approximately 12 months. In practice, this process often extends to 18-24 months due to the large volume of applications and instances of requests for amendment or supplementation of documents.

What is the duration of trademark protection in Vietnam?

The Trademark Registration Certificate shall be valid from the grant date until the end of ten years from the filing date, and may be renewed for consecutive terms of ten years each.

Is the use of the trademark mandatory after the grant of the protection title?

The Intellectual Property Law currently does not mandate the owner to use the trademark immediately upon the issuance of the Trademark Registration Certificate. However, if the trademark has not been used for five consecutive years (calculated from the date of the certificate issuance) without a justifiable reason, any interested organization or individual may request the competent state agency to terminate the validity of the protection title. In other words, non-use does not cause immediate invalidation but may lead to the termination of protection upon request pursuant to Article 95.1(d) of the Intellectual Property Law.

When is a trademark terminated or invalidated?

* The validity of a trademark protection title shall be terminated in the following cases:

The protection title owner fails to pay the fees or charges for the maintenance or renewal of validity as prescribed;
The protection title owner declares to relinquish the industrial property rights;
The protection title owner ceases to exist, or the owner of the Trademark Registration Certificate constitutes a business entity that ceases its business operations without a legal successor;
The trademark has not been used by its owner or by a person authorized by the owner for a term of five consecutive years prior to the date of the request for termination without a justifiable reason, except where the use is commenced or resumed at least three months before the request for termination;
The owner of the Trademark Registration Certificate for a collective mark fails to control or ineffectively controls the implementation of the regulations on the use of the collective mark;
The owner of the Trademark Registration Certificate for a certification mark violates the regulations on the use of the certification mark or fails to control or ineffectively controls the implementation of such regulations;
The use of the protected trademark for goods or services by the trademark owner or a person authorized by the trademark owner misleads consumers as to the nature, quality, or geographical origin of such goods or services;
The protected trademark becomes the generic name of the goods or services registered for the trademark itself.

* The validity of a protection title shall be invalidated in the following cases:

Entire invalidation: If the applicant registered the trademark in bad faith.
Entire or partial invalidation: If the whole or part of the protection title fails to satisfy the provisions of the Intellectual Property Law in the following cases:
- The applicant had no right to register and has not been assigned the right to register the trademark by the person having the right to register;
- The industrial property object failed to satisfy the protection conditions at the time of the grant of the protection title;
- The amendment or supplementation of the industrial property registration application expanded the scope of the object disclosed or stated in the application or changed the nature of the object claimed in the application.

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