Many professions maintain a code of conduct. Doctors must swear by the hypocratic oath. Lawyers must uphold their jurisdiction’s ethics rules. Politicians and military often swear to uphold the constitutional documents of their country. Even Starbuck’s baristas must abide my health and safety regulations. There are rules for almost every field, but not quite all [...]
I've recently taken on some responsibilities that consumed much of my time this last week, so rather than write a brand new blog post from whole cloth I'm going to cover a couple of our publications that hit the presses in the last couple of weeks. I'll be back next week. Incorporating LLCs in Vietnam [...]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or cryptographic tokens are unique digital signatures or tokens created by using blockchain technology, in particular using relevant platforms that operate on blockchains, which are used for certifying ownership of digital files of real or intangible assets. Cryptographic tokens represent a set of rules, encoded in a smart contract – the token [...]
The following article was written by our partner in charge of intellectual property and technology, Nguyen Thi Hong Anh and published in the Vietnam Investment Review website on 23 June 2021. No doubt intellectual property is an extremely important asset of business entities. Good strategies for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) [...]
The latest issue of Asian Legal Business, an Asian based professional magazine, released their 2020 intellectual property rankings by country. Indochine Counsel is pleased to be ranked as tier 2 in both Patents and Copyright/Trademarks for the Vietnam jurisdiction. This continuing recognition of Indochine Counsel's abilities and expertise in the IP law space is gratifying [...]
Reunification Day in Vietnam. Forty-five years ago today the helicopter lifted from the roof of the American embassy, the tanks rolled down what became Le Duan Street, and the Vietnam War officially came to an end. For the United States this ushered in nearly half a century of recriminations, regrets, and disbelief. For Vietnam a [...]
Last summer the International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy issued a report on counterfeiting in Vietnam. The report not only reviewed the current counterfeiting schemes in Vietnam but offered recommendations for improving protection of rights of creators, inventors and owners. This blog post will review some of the report’s findings [...]
Recently we prepared a special alert concerning the current draft decree governing the cybersecurity law that has caused so much controversy in the interwebs. One clause, the requirement for offshore companies to establish onshore domain hosting along with a branch/rep office is particularly controversial. Below I quote from our security alert on this issue, as [...]
The pharmaceutical industry is looking forward to major investment now that the European-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has been signed. The EVFTA allows for investment in the pharma industry by European investors that may not have been allowed before, luring investors to a lucrative industry. For example, just this week Sanofi Vietnam became the first firm [...]
I spent last week in Boston where I attended, with our managing partner Dang The Duc, the International Trademark Association's (INTA) annual meeting. It was a fast paced round of networking and meeting, with over 11,000 attendees. A very large conference. Crazy, really. It started with a long flight from Vietnam to Japan, where a [...]