OUR SERVICES

LEGAL PRACTICE

• Foreign & Local Investment
• Corporate & Commercial Work

• Intellectual property rights, copyright and domain name
• Taxation, Banking & Finance
• Product & Service Quality Registration
• Property, Construction & Environment
• Legal Research & Studies
• Labour & Employment

Foreign & Local Investment

Thanh & Partners commits to provide foreign investors with concrete foundation to make a right investment decision by the following services:

  • Providing advice on and carrying out necessary procedure for the establishment of economic entities in Vietnam;
  • Providing comprehensively advice o­n the legal system and investment environment of Vietnam;
  • Identifying the most compatible form of investment for each particular project in terms of business convenience and investment incentives;
  • Accurately implementing market surveys, researches, analyses and pre-feasibility study;
  • Effectively matching and introducing potential local partners to foreign investors.
  • Attending the negotiations with local partners and government o­n investment conditions and providing advices o­n necessary documents needed to be issued by related parties for obtaining investment license;
  • Compiling documentation including but not limited to Investment Application Form, Joint Venture Contract or Business Cooperation Contract, Charter of the Company (Joint Venture or 100% foreign invested companies) and Feasibility Studies of the projects;
  • Filing investment license application and obtaining investment license;
  • Completing all post-license administrative procedures including registrations and approvals for all issues related to the beginning of business operation such as tax, import-export, land and construction licenses, employment, technology transfer and etc.

 Corporate & Commercial Work, Taxation, Banking & Finance

  • Drafting and/or reviewing economic and commercial contracts and providing legal opinion thereon so as to ensure the terms and conditions are in conformity with the laws;
  • Providing advice on and carry out necessary procedure for the establishment/  purchase/ merger/ assignment of enterprises as well as selling and buying shares in the JSC;
  • Providing advice on securities, taxes and other issues in relation to banking and financial fields.

Regular legal service

In order to enable our clients to focus 100% into business issues, we provide regular legal services to take care all of legal issues that may occur during the business operation. The services include:

  • Filing, maintaining and notarizing all of your legal documents such as Investment License, Land Use Right Certificate, Construction License, Registration Certificates and etc.;
  • Reviewing and providing consultants o­n any type of contracts and transactions that you are involved as a party or related party such as contractor and subcontractor contract, supplying and distributing contract, banking and financing, advertisement, employment and etc;
  • Providing advices o­n any issues raised during your business operation that cause you under consideration of how to make a lawful decision.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Thanh & Partners deals with all aspects of IP rights, copyright and domain name in Vietnam. Our services include research and advice on IP laws, filing and prosecution of applications for trademarks, designs, patents, copyright and Internet domain names; availability searches, assignments and renewals; initiating procedures for oppositions and cancellations; negotiation and drafting of contracts on assignment, licensing, technology transfer, franchising and distribution; and taking enforcement and anti-counterfeit action. In addition, we also assist clients in IP right enforcement by providing monitoring and “watching” services in respect of infringements and counterfeit of clients’ IP rights.

Our IP Practice covers not only Vietnam, but also EU, USA, Japan, Canada, Russian Federation, Singapore, India, China, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine, etc. We also have associated with many lawyers and law firms all around the word. With the extensive legal and technical experience of our patent and trademark attorneys, and a fully computerized IP management system, Thanh & Partners is able to offer clients IP services at a competitive rate meeting international standard. Our IP Practice includes Patent, Design, Trademarks, Copyrights, Enforcement & Litigation.

Patent & Utility Solution

Our firm’s practice for patent for inventions and utility solution cover:

  • Providing opinion o­n the patentability of inventions and utility solutions;
  • Conducting to patent searches;
  • Filing and prosecution of patent applications;
  • Representation in opposition, cancellation and invalidation proceedings;
  • Providing legal opinion o­n patent validity;
  • Providing legal opinion o­n patent infringement;
  • Maintaining validity of patents;
  • Recordation of assignments, licenses and changes related to patent and utility solutions.

 Trademark

Our firm’s practice for trademarks covers not only Vietnam but also with our associates all other contries. We provide the following legal services:

  • Conducting searches relative to trademarks;
  • Giving opinion o­n the registrability and use of trademarks;
  • Preparing, filing and pursuing applications for the registration of trademarks and collective marks;
  • Preparing, filing and pursuing applications for recognition of well-known trademarks;
  • Representation in opposition, cancellation and invalidation proceedings;
  • Managing trademark portfolios;
  • Advising and proceeding with the renewal of trademark registrations;
  • Recordal of assignment/license agreement and changes relative to pending application or trademark registration;
  • Advising on the use of registered trademarks;
  • Providing opinion and proceeding with the registration and maintenance of domain names and web hosting.

Industrial Design

Our firms practice for industrial designs covers the following legal services:

  • Conducting industrial design searches;
  • Providing opinion o­n the patentability of industrial designs;
  • Preparing, filing and prosecution of industrial design applications;
  • Representation in opposition, cancellation and invalidation proceedings;
  • Providing advice and proceeding with the recordal of assignments of pending industrial design applications and/or industrial design patents;
  • Providing advice and proceeding with the recordal of changes related to industrial designs;
  • Advising and proceeding with the renewal of the validity of patents for industrial designs.

Copyright

Our firm’s practice for copyright covers not only providing legal opinion on the registration and enforcement of copyright and related rights but also handling the matters in association with information technology and e-commerce:

·      Providing opinion on matters concerning the protection of copyright and neighboring rights, including:

  i. Conducting searches on information concerning the registration of copyrights;

  ii. Advising and proceeding with the registration  of copyrights;

iii. Providing legal advice on, and representing clients in negotiations and the preparation of the licensing and/or assignment contract of copyright and other copyright-related contracts;                            

iv. Appealing against decisions on the granting or refusal of granting a certificate of registration of copyright;

·        Providing opinion and representation for clients in the enforcement of copyright and neighboring rights, including:

 i. Making contact with the infringers in order to request that they stop their infringements;

 ii.  Coordinating with the State competent authorities and making requests to them to take actions against infringers;

 iii.  Taking part, as lawyers to protect clients’ interest, in civil proceedings at courts involving copyright infringements.

·        Providing opinion on information technology law, such as the copyright protection of computer software, or works distributed through the Internet.

·        Providing opinion on and proceeding with the registration and maintenance of domain names and web hosting.

 Assignment/License Agreement

Thanh & Partners has extensive experiences in negotiating, drafting assignment/license agreement and conducting the procedures for recordable of assignment/license agreements of all forms of intellectual property including patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights as well as technology transfer agreements.

 

 APPEAL, LITIGATION & ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS

Our experienced lawyers have successfully represented clients before State competent authorities in enforcement actions in connection with international commercial contracts, civil and business transactions, trademarks and copyrights infringements to assure that clients’ IPRs are effectively and adequately protected.

The main services of Thanh & Partners include:

  • Acting as a lawyers/legal representatives on behalf of the clients in order to protect their legitimate rights before the Courts and/or Arbitration in economic, commercial, civil, administrative and criminal proceedings;
  • Acting as a lawyers/legal representatives before the Arbitration on behalf of the clients in economic and commercial proceedings;
  • Obtaining from the State competent authority an evaluation and conclusion o­n any alleged infringing acts of IP objects;
  • Making contact with infringers and requesting that they to stop their infringements;
  • Requesting the State competent authorities take appropriate actions against infringers;
  • Conducting anti-counterfeiting campaigns o­n behalf of brand owners;
  • Representing clients in civil proceedings at courts against IPRs infringements; 
  • Appealing against decisions o­n the refusal of granting titles of protection for industrial property objects;
  • Opposing applications for registration of industrial property objects;
  • Appealing against decisions o­n the granting title of protection for industrial property objects.