Registering a trademark is a crucial step to protect your brand and intellectual property rights. This process involves several steps from preparing documents, submitting the application, formal and substantive examination, to receiving the protection certificate. This article provides a detailed guide on each step of the trademark registration procedure, helping you easily navigate the process and secure legal rights for your brand.

According to the guidance of the National Office of Intellectual Property, trademark registration documents Currently includes:

- 02 trademark registration declarations according to Form No. 08 Appendix 1 issued with Decree No. 65/2023./ND-CP/

- 05 brand samples sized 80 x 80 mm;

- 01 copy of fee payment voucher;

- 01 Power of Attorney (if applying through a representative);

- 01 document proving the right to registration if the applicant enjoys the right to register from another person;

- 01 Document proving priority rights, if requesting priority rights.

In case the trademark registration application is a collective mark or certification mark, the following additional documents are required:

- 01 Regulations on use of collective marks/certification marks;

- 01 Explanation of the characteristic (or unique) nature and quality of the product bearing the mark (if used for products with specific characteristics or product quality certification, geographical origin certification );

- 01 Map of geographical area (if it is a mark certifying geographical origin or contains place names or other signs indicating the geographical origin of local specialties);

- 01 Document of the People's Committee of the province or centrally run city allowing trademark registration (if containing place names or other signs indicating the geographical origin of local specialties)

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