Transfer of application for a mark registration is implemented on voluntary basis between the parties or decision of the competent authority and shall be presented in the form of a written contract.
However, owner of application is only allowed to transfer application at the following times: before National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam makes a decision on refusing to accept the application, decision on issuing or refusing to issue protection titles.
If one of the parties in contract transfers application for transfer registration after the time mentioned above, that application shall not be accepted.
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