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As stipulated by law, marks which do not possess distinctive characteristics, such as simple shapes and geometrical shapes, numerical figures, alphabetical letters, letters which cannot be pronounced as a word, or letters of foreign languages which are not commonly used shall not be protected. However, such marks shall be eligible for registration if they have

Yes. The applicant may amend the trademark itself and/or the designated goods/services under the pending application, provided that such amendments will not change the nature of the mark as filed and/or not broaden the scope of protection of the designated goods/services.

Although not a contracting party of the Nice Agreement, Vietnam adopts and follows the International Classification of Goods and Services. The specification of designated goods/services should include those upon which the applicant has used the mark or has the intention to use the mark. The goods/services may be described by broad generic descriptions. Applications can

Yes, it is possible to file an application for one trademark covering more than one class of goods and/or services with payment of an additional fee for each additional class.

An undisputed registration process usually takes 12 to 15 months involving three stages: formal examination (3 months); substantive examination (9 to 12 months); and issuance of a registration certificate (1 month). However, in practice examination process usually take much longer, especially the substantive examination process.