The registered trademark itself can not be amended, but the designated goods/services can be narrowed.
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The legal protection of a registered trademark begins from registration date. A registration is valid for 10 years calculating from the accepted filing date of the application and can be renewed for subsequent 10 years term, ad infinitum. A request for renewal must be filed within six (6) months prior to its expiration date. Late
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No. In Vietnam, trademark rights to a trademark are established on the basis of certificates of registration of trademark issued by the Trademark Office. When a trademark application is still pending, the validity of the trademark has not yet started and therefore the owner has no right to prevent others from using the identical or
As a contracting party of the Paris Convention, Vietnam is obligated to give special protection to well-known trademarks. A well-known trademark is a mark that has been continuously used for prestigious products/services so that it becomes widely known. Rights under a well-known trademark are established based on a decision on the recognition of a trademark
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A trademark which is considered confusingly similar to or identical with another trademark whose validity has expired or been suspended/cancelled shall be considered for protection only, at the time of filing the new trademark application, 5 years from the expiry date/cancellation date of the cited trademark has passed. However, this provision shall not apply to
