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Trademark Infringement Through Unauthorized Packaging - A Landmark Administrative Enforcement Case in Vietnam

Xâm phạm quyền đối với nhãn hiệu thông qua việc sử dụng bao bì không được phép - Một vụ việc xử lý hành chính điển hình tại Việt Nam

22/09/2026

Successful Opposition: Protection Refused for LUCKY LUKE

Case summary: Copyright and Related Rights Infringement. Legal Grounds: Article 73.5 & Article 27.2.b, IP Law;  Point 39.12.a (iv) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN.

05/06/2026

Trademark Infringement Through Unauthorized Packaging - A Landmark Administrative Enforcement Case in Vietnam

Trademark law protects not only the visual sign itself but also the underlying system of quality control and the proprietor’s right of governance over that sign

08/04/2026

Invalidation request against CCGrass trademark rejected

Grounds: Articles 72, 73, 74 and 96 of the IP Law 2005, amended and supplemented in 2009

29/01/2026

Invalidation request to trademark “KAIWO” rejected

Industrial property rights to trade names shall be established on the basis of the lawful use of those trade names, and for those trade names the procedures for registration with the NOIP is not required. While exercising the rights to and upon the settlement of a dispute over a trade name, the entity owning that trade name shall evidence his/her/its rights with proofs indicating the period of time, territory and field in which the trade name has been used by that entity. (Point 1.6 of Circular 01/2007/TT-BKHCN)

08/09/2025