CIS Law Firm provides: Copyright registration service: computer program, logo, article, artwork, music work...Trademark registration service for self-protection and using exclusively..

Brand Protection (Trademark - Logo)

  • Trademark - Logo
  • Application for protection
  • Procedures for registration of protection
  • Term of protection
  • CIS Law Firm offers

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Copyright Registration

  • Copyright protection
  • Application file
  • Registration procedure
  • Term of protection
  • CIS law Firm offers

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Software Protection - Computer Programs

  • Software, computer programs
  • Application file
  • Registration procedure
  • Time of protection
  • CIS Law Firm offers

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Product Type

  • Product design protection
  • Application for protection
  • Procedures for registration of protection
  • Term of protection
  • CIS Law Firm offers

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Patent registration

  • Patent protection
  • Application file
  • Registration procedure
  • Term of protection
  • CIS law Firm offers

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Why chose CIS

  • A reputable law firm.
  • Professional service.
  • Many years of experience.
  • Specializing in hard-copy processing.

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Trademark - LOGO

1. Brand – Logo (Trademark) Protection

“Trademark” is the logo, name, brand, ... attached to goods, signs, packages, websites, transaction documents in business activities used to distinguish goods or services of different organizations and individuals.

Trademarks (brand) are only protected and exclusive use when organizations/individuals complete the trademark registration procedure before state agencies competent and are granted a trademark registration certificate (a protection title).

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Form of Trademark Registration Certificate (Trademark Protection Title)

2. Required documents

You only need to provide CIS Law Firm:

  • A scan of Business Registration Certificate (if registering trademark of the Company) or ID card (if registering for individual).
  • High-quality softcopy of the trademark;
  • Names of goods/fields that use the logo/brand: CIS Law Firm will classify goods/services (if not). You may expand the field depending on needs.
  • Power of attorney (our form).

CIS Law Firm will prepare the legal documents and represent you to file the trademark application.

Sample download:

  • Trademark registration declaration
  • Power of attorney

3. Procedures for Brand/Logo Protection Registration (trademark)

According to the laws, a logo/brand (trademark) registration application shall be handled according to the following process:

  • Filing the application;
  • Formal examination: 01 month from the filing date, valid application shall be published within 02 months from the valid date.
  • Substantive examination: 09 months from the date of publication.
  • Granting of Trademark Registration Certificate.

4. Term of trademark protection

  • Trademark Registration Certificate shall be valid throughout the Vietnamese territory;
  • Trademark Registration Certificate shall have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 10 years after the filing date and may be renewed for many consecutive terms, each of 10 years.

5. Services provided by CIS Law Firm

  • Searching and evaluating the possibility of trademark/logo protection;
  • Indication of goods/services for the brand, logo, trademark;
  • Drafting trademark/logo applications and registering the trademarks/logos;
  • Conducting the opposition procedure, complaints related to granting of Trademark Registration Certificate
  • Extending the validity of Trademark Registration Certificate
  • Amendment of Trademark Registration Certificate information;
  • Consulting, performing procedures for transfer of trademarks/logos;

Follow applications of trademarks/logos until the final results, proactively update the status of application processing and promptly respond to the opinions of the state agency

Copyright Registration

1. Copyright

List of copyright to be protected:

  • Logo copyright: logo, identification system and product packaging, fashion design, interior design, decoration.
  • Computer programs, computer software
  • Stories, short stories, comics, program scripts, format of a game show, contest formats, ...
  • Music works

2. Required documents

You only need to provide CIS Law Firm:

  • Information about the copyrighted work
  • Information about the author and owner (ID card, business registration certificate, operating license ...)
  • Power of attorney

CIS Law Firm will prepare remaining legal documents and represent you to file copyright registration application.

Sample download: Copyright registration Declaration

3. Procedures for copyright registration

Term of Granting of Copyright Registration Certificate: 15 (fifteen) days.

Certificate of copyright registration

4. Term of copyright protection

- Copyright Registration Certificate shall be valid throughout the Vietnamese territory

- Copyright is protected in 176 countries

- Term of protection:

  • Logo copyright term: 75
  • The term of protection of computer software (computer programs), stories, and formats of game show: throughout the author's life and the next 50 years the author dies.

5. Service provided by CIS Law Firm

  • Legal consult on protection, copyright registration
  • Drafting copyright registration applications
  • Represent the Author/Owner to file the application and receive the result;
  • Follow up on the progress of registration application and respond to the state agency
  • Receiving and handing over the Copyright Registration Certificate.
  • Amending and supplementing the application and complain about decisions related to copyright certification (if any)

Software Protection - Computer Programs

1. Registration of copyright protection of software, computer programs:

Computer Programs:

Computer system software: PC software is designed to operate and control the computer hardware and provides an architecture for running application software.

Computer application software: is a program capable of making a computer to direct a task that the user wants to perform, for example, drafting documents, play games, listen to music or go network access...

Software applications on mobile devices (smartphones, tablets), Web-based software is also seen as "computer programs"

2. Required documents for Registration of copyright protection of software, computer programs

You only need to provide CIS Law Firm:

  • Information about software, computer programs that need copyright registration
  • Information about the author and owner (ID card, business registration certificate, operating license ...)
  • Power of attorney form

CIS Law Firm will prepare the remaining legal documents and represent you to file copyright registration application.

Sample download: Declaration Registration for copyright of software, computer programs

3. Procedures for registering copyright of software and computer programs

Term of Granting of Copyright Registration Certificate: 15 (fifteen) days.

Certificate of copyright registration

4. Term of copyright protection

- Copyright Registration Certificate shall be valid throughout the Vietnamese territory

- Copyright is protected in 176 countries

- Term of protection: throughout the author's life and the next 50 years the author dies.

5. Services provided by CIS Law Firm

  • Legal consult on protection, copyright registration
  • Drafting copyright registration applications
  • Represent the Author/Owner to file the application and receive the result;
  • Follow up on the progress of registration application and respond to the state agency
  • Receiving and handing over the Copyright Registration Certificate.
  • Amending and supplementing the application and complain about decisions related to copyright certification (if any)

Products Registration

1. Product Designs

Product designs (industrial designs) are appearance of products, tools, equipment, means, etc. in all fields.

Some common product designs are usually registered for protection:

 

The product design (industrial design) is protected and exclusive to use only if it is registered and granted a protection title.

An Industrial Design Protection Title Template

2. Required documents of registration for protection of product designs (industrial designs)

You only need to provide CIS Law Firm:

  • Business Registration Certificate (for the Company) or ID Card (for individuals).
  • Model style: drawings or photos
  • Power of attorney form

CIS Law Firm will prepare the remaining legal documents and represent you to file the registration application of the Product Designs (Industrial Designs).

Sample download:

  • Declaration of registration of industrial designs
  • Power of Attorney

3. Procedures for registration of protection Product designs (Industrial designs)

  • Drafting and filling the application;
  • Formal examination: 01 month from the date of submitting the application, valid application will be published within 02 months from the valid date.
  • Substantive examination: 07 months from the date of publication.
  • Granting of protection titles.

4. Term of protection Product design (Industrial design)

  • The exclusive protection certificate shall be valid throughout the Vietnamese territory
  • The exclusive protection certificate shall be valid for 5 years and can be extended for at most 02 consecutive times, each for 5 years.

5. Services provided by CIS Law Firm

  • Consultancy classification of product designs (industrial designs);
  • Consultancy conditions for registration and use of Product Designs (Industrial Designs);
  • Consultancy completion of documents and perform registration procedures for protection Product designs (Industrial designs);
  • Extending the validity of Industrial Design Protection Title (Industrial Designs);
  • Noting changes related to the exclusive title of product designs (industrial designs);
  • Consultancy of registration of intellectual property right to exclusive title Product design (Industrial design);
  • Follow applications until the final result, proactively update the status of application processing and promptly respond to the opinions of the state agency.

Patent Protection

1. Patent Protection

An invention / utility solutions are expressed in the following 05 forms:

  1. Structure: is a collection of parts with the same or different functions, linked together to perform a certain function, for example: tools, machines, equipment, machine parts, detail assemblies machines, other products, etc.
  2. Substance: is a collection of interrelated elements, characterized by the presence, proportion and state of elements forming and having certain functions. Substance may be a chemical compound, a mixture of substances, for example: materials, materials, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals;
  3. Method: is a procedure for performing stages or series of stages that occur at the same time or consecutively over time, under defined technical conditions using the specified means, for example: production process, processing, mining, measurement, exploration, etc.
  4. Biological material: is a material that contains genetic information, capable of self-replicating or being reproduced in biological systems, such as cells, genes, transgenic plants;
  5. Using a known device (or a substance, a method, a biological material) according to the new function is to use them with a function different from the known function, for example: using cheese as a cure for toothache

The invention is protected and used exclusively when carrying out the registration procedure and is granted an exclusive patent.

2. Required documents

You only need to provide CIS Law Firm:

  • Information of authors, right holders of the inventions (ID card, Certificate of business);
  • The description of the invention
  • Drawings, illustrations;
  • Power of attorney

CIS Law Firm will prepare the entire record and represent you for your protection of the Patent.

Sample download:

  • Patent application form
  • Power of attorney

3. Procedures for registration of invention protection

Invention/Utility Solutions applications are processed according to the following detailed process:

  • Formality examination: 01 month from the filing date. An invention registration application shall be published in the 19th month as from the filing date or the priority date, as applicable, or at an earlier time at the request of the applicant;
  • Within 42 months after the filing date or the priority date, as applicable, an applicant or any third party may request the state’s agency to perform the substantive examination of that application;
  • Substantive examination: Not later than 18 months from the date of its publication if a request for substantive examination is filed before the date of application publication, or from the date of receipt of a request for substantive examination if such request is filed after the date of application publication.
  • Granting of protection titles.

4. Patent protection term

Invention patents are valid throughout the territory of Vietnam:

  • Invention patents shall each have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 20 years after the filing date;
  • Utility solution patents shall have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 10 years after the filing date.

Besides, in order to maintain the validity of an invention patent or a utility solution patent, its owner shall have to pay validity maintenance fee.

5. Services provided by CIS Law Firm

  • Conducting a preliminary search related to inventions;
  • Advice on the ability to protect inventions;
  • Filing invention applications;
  • Carrying out procedures for opposition, complaint and invalidation of exclusive rights to inventions;
  • Extension of validity of inventions;
  • Amendment of invention information;
  • Follow applications of inventions until the final results, proactively update the status of application processing and promptly respond to the opinions of the NOIP;

Why chose us

1. CIS LAW FIRM is a reputable law firm

With more than 10 years of establishment, CIS Law Firm is an Intellectual Property Representation Organization, with all the licenses, certificates and permission to represent organizations and individuals before the competent state’s agency on the establishment, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Note: Only the company has Certificate of Industrial Property Representation will have the permission of representing applicants in registering trademarks, logos, designs, etc.

Decision of Intellectual Property Department

2. Scope of work:

  • CIS Law Firm has a team of lawyers and experts who are well-trained and specialized in the field of Intellectual Property (NOIP) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
  • All Intellectual Property objects are assessed protection by lawyers and experts of CIS Law Firm before registration to save maximum time and cost for customers.
  • CIS Law Firm offers a variety of protection registration services to suit the needs and plans of each client.

Some Certificates of Intellectual Property of CIS Law Firm:

  • Certificate of Intensive training on intellectual property granted by the National Office of Intellectual Property (Vietnam)
  • Certificate of completion of general training course on intellectual property granted by World Intellectual Property Organization
  • The certificate of completion of a patent registration training course under the PCT Agreement is issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization
  • Certificate of completion of training on industrial property information search by the National Office of Intellectual Property

3. Many years experience

CIS Law Firm has consulted, supported and registered protection for hundreds of Corporations, Companies, Organizations, Individuals, both domestic and foreign, such as:

 

4. Especially in handling difficult case

According to the statistics of the National Office of Intellectual Property (Vietnam), only about 30-40% of the application are agreed to be accepted and granted a Title, the remaining 60 - 70% is waiting for the owner to argue with the provisional refusal before a final decision.

Intellectual property registration is not only the drafting and filing of registration documents, but also the thorough preparation, instructions and specific plans of the Lawyer for each situation happens. It is probable that the rate of approval or protection of success will be the highest. In 2017, more than 90% of the results of the IP registration at CIS were granted protection certifications.

5. CIS Law Firm has good relationship with competent State agencies

Besides the thorough preparation and professionalism of the document, one of the reasons contributing to the success of the registration and enforcement of intellectual property rights is the good relations with the agencies, which has been built by CIS Law Firm's lawyers team for over 10 years.

CIS Law Firm always attaches importance to and builds the necessary relationships to support the requirements of customers in the fastest, most convenient and with the highest results.

6. CIS Law Firm has a comprehensive legal service system

With the motto of desire to become a long-term - sustainable - effective legal consulting partner, in addition to the Intellectual Property, CIS Law Firm always strives to provide customers with full legal services. in areas such as:

All you need to do is contact us to have our package service.

Please contact a lawyer via email: info@cis.vn or contact the phone number (028) 3911 85 81