No. |
Document Name |
Quantity |
Specification |
01 |
The business license or establishment decision or similar documents |
01 |
The copy |
02 |
Samples of products for design registration or drawings of products |
01 |
The original |
03 |
A preliminary description of the design of the product |
01 |
The original |
04 |
The documents of the ownership of the trademark if the registered industrial design contains the trademark |
01 |
The notarized copy within 3 months |
No. |
Document Name |
Quantity |
Specification |
01 |
ID card/ Passport |
01 |
Copy |
02 |
Samples of products for design registration or drawings of products |
01 |
The original |
03 |
A preliminary description of the design of the product |
01 |
The original |
04 |
The documents of the ownership of the trademark if the registered industrial design contains the trademark |
01 |
The notarized copy within 3 months |
- The implementation period: 10 - 40 working days.
- The effective duration of the industrial design qualification is 5 years
No. |
Document Name |
Quantity |
Specification |
01 |
The protection qualification |
02 |
The original |
- The implementation period: 10 - 20 working days.
Registration of industrial designs is an important step in the race to dominate the market while protecting the brand name. An industrial design have the potential to help the consumers makes the informed decisions about the right products and services, protect the legitimate rights and interests of producers and service providers, and encourage the production regenerations and a economic development.
- To give advice and look up and evaluate the ability to register the industrial design protection in accordance with the current Law on intellectual property;
- To define in detail the powers of the industrial design owner against acts of infringing upon the exclusive right of the industrial design;
- To give advice on procedures for the establishment of a ownership right of the industrial design in the event that the industrial design satisfies the protection requirements of the law;
- To perform the function of the industrial property representation under the authorization of the client, to carry out the legal procedures for the transfer of the industrial design application;
- To give advice on the Official letter in reply to the National Office of Intellectual Property's comments on the protection competence of the industrial design;
- To complain the refusal decisions to grant the industrial design registration certificate;
- To oppose the application for the Certificate of industrial design registration.
- To complete the registration declaration;
- To be representative of customer to submit and receive results at the National Office of Intellectual Property;
- To be representative to monitor the handling procedures and feedback of the National Office of Intellectual Property;
- On behalf of the customer to complain the Decision of the National Office of Intellectual Property;
- To renewal the qualification of protection of industrial design;
- To give advice on the use of registered industrial design.
- An appraisal and conclusion on infringements of products / services that infringes the industrial design monopoly at the competent state authority;
- To give advice and request the violator to terminate the violation;
- To complain and coordinate with the State agencies for handling violations related to the industrial design and unfair competition related to the industrial design.
+ Conditions of protection registration of industrial design
– It is novel
– It is of a creative nature
– It is susceptible of industrial application.
(Pursuant to Article 63, Section 2 of the Intellectual Property Law)
An industrial design shall be deemed to be creative if, based on industrial designs already publicly disclosed through use or by means of written descriptions or in any other form either inside or outside Vietnam before the filing date for registration of the industrial design, the industrial design cannot be easily created by a person with average knowledge in the art.
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