NOIP Starts to Accept Direct Filing at Office Post Covid-19’s Hold Off

Recently, National office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam (NOIP) has made a new notification on accepting the direct filing the industrial property application at head office of NOIP and its representative offices in Da Nangand Ho Chi Minh city.

Based on the current situation of Covid 19, on April 23rd 2020, NOIP issued the Notification No. 5469/TB-SHTT. Accordingly, from April 24th 2020, NOIP would receive the industrial property applications directly at head office (386 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) and its representative offices at Ho Chi Minh and Da Nang city, besides the online application and submissions via courier.

NOIP requests applicants to comply with the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control measures (measure body temperature, wear a mask, keep an appropriate contact distance, do not gather crowded, do not go entering unrelated places within NOIP’s area, etc.) when filing an application for industrial property objects registration at the Head Office and Representative Offices.

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