How long is the validity period of certificate of registered mark in Vietnam? Is it permissible to extend it?

How long is the validity period of certificate of registered mark in Vietnam? Is it permissible to extend them?

Pursuant to Clause 6 Article 93 of the Law on Intellectual Property in 2005 stipulating validity of certificate of registered mark in Vietnam as follows:

A certificate of registered mark shall be valid from the grant date until the end of ten (10) years after the filing date and may be renewed for many consecutive terms, each of ten (10) years.

As regulations above, A certificate of registered mark shall be valid from the grant date until the end of 10 years. It can be renewed for many consecutive terms, each of 10 years.

What are regulations on validity of protection titles in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 93 of the Law on Intellectual Property in 2005 stipulating validity of protection titles in Vietnam as follows:

- Protection titles shall be valid throughout the entire territory of Vietnam.

- An invention patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of twenty (20) years after the filing date.

- A utility solution patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of ten (10) years after the filing date.

- An industrial design patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of five (5) years after the filing date and may be renewed for two consecutive terms, each of five (5) years.

- A certificate of registered design of semi-conducting closed circuits shall be valid from the grant date until the earliest date among the following:

+ The end of ten (10) years after the filing date;

+ The end of ten (10) years after the date the layout design was first commercially exploited anywhere in the world by a persons with the registration right or his or her licensee;

+ The end of fifteen (15) years after the date of creation of the layout design.

- A certificate of registered mark shall be valid from the grant date until the end of ten (10) years after the filing date and may be renewed for many consecutive terms, each of ten (10) years.

- A certificate of registered geographical indication shall have indefinite validity starting from the grant date.

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