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Lawyer Pham Hong Manh Featured in Asia Rising Stars Vietnam 2023 by Asian Legal Business Journal

Apolat Legal is delighted to announce that our Lawyer Mr. Pham Hong Manh (Marcus) has been selected for inclusion in the inaugural ALB Asia Rising Stars Vietnam 2023.   In its edition, Asian Legal Business nominates and recognizes lawyers in Vietnam under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding professional prowess, earning commendations from their peers, superiors, and clients.  Apolat Legal would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions made by our Apolat Legal’s members throughout the past year.  The dedication and efforts of all employees have made an important contribution to the development and awards that Apolat Legal has achieved.  For additional details, kindly explore this link !  Nguồn: https://ift.tt/YQnK3UT Map: https://goo.gl/maps/JbCF1FiWPuD2Jsnx6 Thông tin: https://www.google.com.vn/search?q=Apolat+Legal&kponly=&kgmid=/g/11jkvqgmw_

New Year Message 2024

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Dear Value Clients and Partners,  On the occasion of the New Year 2024, Apolat Legal would like to send warm wishes to our valued Customers and Partners for a joyful and prosperous year ahead. We sincerely appreciate the trust and collaboration with Apolat Legal. We sincerely hope to maintain our steadfast commitment and partnership with you in the years to come.  The year 2023 has been marked by numerous changes and challenges in both the economic and political landscapes of Vietnam and the world. In challenging circumstances,  Apolat Legal remains firmly committed to becoming the leading law firm in Vietnam. Through the dedicated efforts of Apolat Legal’s team of Lawyers and Staff, we have effectively assisted our Clients in navigating complex and high-value projects and business transactions in Vietnam. In 2023, we have achieved some outstanding achievements as follows:  Apolat Legal was honored by AsiaLaw as an outstanding Law Firm in the field of Mergers an...

04 Common Reasons for Trademark Registration Refusal in the United States

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1. Understanding the basics of US Trademarks Trademarks, in general, encompass words, phrases, symbols, icons that producers use to identify their goods. However, shapes, sounds, scents, and colors can also be registered as trademarks in the United States. In recent years, trademark law in the United States has expanded to include the protection of overall commercial impressions and anti-dilution protection issues. Most words, names, signs, or devices capable of distinguishing the source of goods may be used as trademarks, provided that they meet certain that certain requirements on functional theory of trademarks listed in 15 U.S. Code § 1052 (Lanham Act).  04 Common Reasons for Trademark Registration Refusal in the United States See also : Trademark registration in the US 2. Common reasons for trademark registration refusal in the United States There are 04 reasons for trademark registration refusal in the United States: 2.1. You incorrectly identified your goods or serv...

Increasing Charter Capital With Capital Surplus In A Private Joint Stock Company

The concept of Capital Surplus is quite prevalent within private joint stock companies (those that are not public companies). When a Joint Stock Company issues additional shares with a fixed Par Value (usually VND 10,000/share) which will be offered to increase its charter capital, the Selling Price of such shares may deviate from the Par Value. Such deviation represents the Capital Surplus. In accordance with the regulations laid out in Circular 19/2003/TT-BTC, which provides guidance on the increase and reduction of charter capital and management of treasury shares of Joint Stock Companies, the Capital Surplus may be carried forward to increase the charter capital of a Joint Stock Company specifically as follows: The Joint Stock Company may only use the difference between the Selling Price and the Par Value of shares issued for executing investment projects to increase its Charter Capital 03 years after such investment projects are completed and put into operation. The Joint Stoc...

05 New points about social housing in the revised Law on Housing 2023

1. 05 New points about social housing in the revised Law on Housing 2023   Firstly, regulations requiring the arrangement of social housing land in commercial projects, previously only regulated in Decree 49/2021/ND-CP, have now been regulated in the revised Housing Law 2023, specifically the Provincial People’s Committee must allocate enough land funds for social housing development according to approved provincial housing development programs and plans. In special class, class I, class II and class III urban areas, based on the Government’s regulations, the Provincial People’s Committee decides that the investor of a commercial housing construction investment project must reserve a portion of land in projects that have invested in building technical infrastructure systems to build social housing or arrange social housing land funds that have been invested in building technical infrastructure systems in other locations outside the scope investment project to build commercial hous...

Issued Circular No. 23/2023/TT-BKHCN detailing several articles of the Law on Intellectual Property

1. Cases of invalidation of a protection title The Ministry of Science and Technology issued Circular No. 23/2023/TT-BKHCN dated November 30, 2023 detailing several articles of the Law on Intellectual Property and measures to implement Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP dated August 23, 2023 of the Government elaborating on several articles and implementation measures of the Law on Intellectual Property regarding industrial property rights, protection of industrial property rights, rights to plant varieties, and state management of intellectual property related to procedures for establishing industrial property rights and ensuring industrial property information. In particular, Circular No. 23/2023/TT-BKHCN stipulates in detail specific cases where a invention protection title is invalidated because the patented invention exceeds the scope disclosed in the initial description of the patent application according to the provisions of Point dd, Clause 2, Article 96 of the Law on Intellectual Prop...