FEES
The official fees are set out below:
International application or subsequent designation
| For one class of goods or services | 155CHF |
| For each additional class | 122CHF |
Renewal
| For one class of goods or services | 139CHF |
| For each additional class | 122CHF |
Procedure
The procedure for filing the application simply involves designating Vietnam in an international application filed with WIPO. This is straightforward. However, from and during the national examination phase, the applicants may be required to reply to an office action initiated by the Vietnamese National Office of Intellectual Property. In that event, further prosecution of the case will have to be dealt with by a qualified Intellectual Property agent resident in Vietnam.
Vietnam's accession to the Madrid Protocol will create greater awareness with more companies seeking protection of trade marks in Vietnam.
