The legal protection of Trademark is based on the principle of territoriality. That means each nation is free to regulate the use of intellectual property on its own territory. For instance, it can only grant protection titles to the domestic brands while denying foreigners.
In order to overcome such problems, nations around the world have been reaching and signing a number of international treaties which was built on the principle of territoriality.
There was a remarkable achievement that nations established certain rules that all Member States must respect.
Member States shall protect trademarks of companies of other Member States as if they were his own citizen. Vietnam is bound to treat other countries’ enterprises the same rules that it applies to Vietnamese firms.
As a consequence, there are not any differences in principle when filing a Trademark application in Vietnam as compared other State Members.
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