Practice Highlights
In respect of list of goods "ALIMET" is not confusingly similar to "ALIMET 20 DF".
Applied-for mark “ALIMET” for "Supplements for animal foods in the form of amino acids for veterinary purposes" in Class 05 was rejected on the ground ò being confusingly similar to the prior trademark no.51885 “ALIMET 20 DF” for “Pesticide” in the same Class...
“ON-YASAI, figure” is accepted for registration as a whole for Japanese food restaurant services of Class 43
Applied-for mark “ON-YASAI, figure” for services of Japanese food restaurant; food and beverage service provided by the restaurant in Class 43 was rejected on the grounds of indistinctiveness and describing goods/services of which the registration is sought..
“PEAK PILATES” is accepted for registration in its entirety for products/services in Class 09, 28 and 41
Applied-for mark “PEAK PILATES” for products/services in Classes, 09, 28 and 41 was rejected for registration on the ground of describing the goods/services in respect of which the registration is sought...
By removing Class 35 & 44, "THE GRAND HO TRAM STRIP, figure" is accepted for registration.
The applied-for mark “THE GRAND HO TRAM STRIP, figure” of Application no. 4-2013- 11207 was denied protection on the ground of being confusingly similar to the cited trademarks "GRAND", "P Grand, figure", "Grand Hotel", "Grand, figure"...
Appealed successfully, "CAMBRIDGE CORE" is accepted for registration
The applied-for mark “CAMBRIDGE CORE” under the Intl’ Application no.1272293 for goods/services in Classes 09, 16, 35, 38 and 41 was rejected by the NOIP’s on the grounds that (i) the word element “CORE” is descriptive of the goods/services and (ii) the word element “CAMBRIDGE” is confusingly similar with the cited mark...
After restricting the list of goods in Class 03, "DIVERSEY" is accepted for registration
The applied-for mark “DIVERSEY” of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. for goods in the Classes 01, 03, 05, 07 and 21 was rejected on the ground of being confusingly similar with the cited mark “DIVERSE”, Intl’ Reg. no.194398 of ETOS S.A.
Appealed successfully, "ROBINSONS Fruit Shoot, Pictures" is accepted for registration
The applied-for mark "ROBINSONS Fruit Shoot, Figure" under the Intl’ Application no.1244020 to be registered for goods in Class 32 has been provisionally rejected by NOIP on the ground of similarity with cited marks: "ROBINSON", "ROBINSONS", “R ROBINSONS, Figure”...
The Court upheld the first-instance judgment recognizing Le Linh as the only author of the
On September 3, 2019, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City pronounced sentence on the dispute over IP rights related to the Vietnamese "Infant Prodigies of Viet Country" comic series...
"PERFORMA INSIGHT" successfully overcome the preliminary refusal of registration
Applied-for mark "PERFORMA INSIGHT" under Intl. Application no.1056581 registered for Class 10 is temporarily refused for protection by NOIP on the ground of being confusingly similar to the cited marks "PERFORMA" and “INSIGHT” also registered for the same Class...