Industrial design is the outward appearance of a product embodied in three-dimensional configuration, lines, colors or a combination of such elements. An impressed appearance shall increase the value of products, the attraction to customers and the distinction from other same products. In fact, however, appearances of products can be copied easily if there no legal protection and prior prevention. Filling industrial design in National Office of Intellectual Property shall guarantee that your product appearance is protected from violation of others.

1. How to Register industrial design in Vietnam?
Register industrial design in Vietnam is necessary for individual and organization.
Industrial design is the outward appearance of a product embodied in three-dimensional
configuration, lines, colors or a combination of such elements. An impressed appearance
shall increase the value of products, the attraction to customers and the distinction from
other same products. In fact, however, appearances of products can be copied easily if
there no legal protection and prior prevention. Filling industrial design in National Office
of Intellectual Property shall guarantee that your product appearance is protected from
violation of others.
Register industrial design in Vietnam
With highly professional staff and great experience in IP aspect in Vietnam, ANT
Lawyers would like to offer you Industrial Design Filing service as follow:
ANT Lawyers service in Industry Design
Our services in this area include:
a. Evaluate the possibility of registration and use of Industrial Design;
b. Search for information on the registration and use of Industrial design;

2. c. File application and proceed with the legal procedures on the registration of Industrial
design;
d. Advise and proceed with the legal procedures on the record of assignment of Industrial
Design application;
e. Advise and proceed with the legal procedures on the record of amendment of Industrial
Design application such as: name and address of the applicant;
f. Advise and proceed with the legal procedures on the amendment of the Industrial
Design Certificate on the basis of transferring of ownership, merging companies; record
of change of name and address of the Certificate holder;
g. Advise on the renewal of validity of the exclusive Industrial Design Certificate.
h. License and Assignment;
i. Opposition against proceedings;
j. Appeal; cancellation; invalidation;
How to file Industrial Design in Vietnam?
Required documents:
i. Original Power of Attorney from the Applicant(s);
The POA must be signed by an applicant or duly authorized representative on behalf of
the Applicant (no further notarization or legalization is required);
The POA is required at the time of filing, please therefore arrange to have and provide us
with scan copy via fax or email first and original one can be followed within one [01]
month later.
ii. Full name and address of applicant(s);
iii. Full name, address and nationality of designer(s);
iv. Drawing of design;

3. The drawings of design must show clearly 7 views (separately in jpeg. format is
preferable): perspective view, front view, rear view, right view, left view, top view,
bottom view, at a same scale; and the minimum resolution is 300DPI.
v. Original certified true copy of priority document (if any);
vi. Salient novelty features description in which showing the using purpose or Lorcano
classification of design, if any.
Time and procedures:
The ID application will be examined by National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet
Nam (NOIP) with ID Examination Procedure as below:
i. Formality examination: Under Intellectual Property Law of Vietnam, the above
application will be examined as to form within one [01] month as from the filing date or
date entering the national phase. If the ID application meets the requirements as to form,
the NOIP will issue a decision of formality acceptance and then the application will be
further processed.
ii. The Substantive Examination: The above application will be examined as to substance
within 12 months.
• Notification of the Substantive Examination Results.
• The Decision of Refusal or Request to pay fee.
• Issuing the ID of Invention
Note: The deadline for filing design application in Vietnam on the basis of claiming
priority right under Paris convention is 6 months counted from the earliest priority date;
iii. The total time from filing to registration in straightforward case is 12-14 months.
However, in practice, this duration can be extended further 3-6 months;
ID Term and Maintenance:
A registered industrial design is given an initial protection period of 5 years from the date
of filing and is extended for two further consecutive terms of 5 years each. The maximum
protection period is 15 years.
If you are looking for an experience Industrial design attorney in Vietnam to help you
with your Industrial design matters, you should visit ANTLawyers.vn. Our attorneys have
experience with the IP process and will work closely with you as you apply for your IP.