Common use of Grounds for refusal Clause in Contracts

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; therefore, the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, these objects are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs design as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designsdesign. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is reproductions of the design do not any statement indicating that include the perspective view, the left view, the right view, the top view and the bottom view. Therefore, the reproductions do not include all the required views of the design, thus they are variants or a set of products; thus, it does not meet sufficient to disclose fully the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to design as required in Article 101(1) and Article 101(3103(4) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if by submitting the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one missing views. It must be noted that the new set of reproductions must not change the gist of the designs as principle design and the others as variantsdesign. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; therefore, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are object is not the whole articlesarticle. Thus, the subject matters matter contained in the registration are is not circulated independently, therefore they are it is not the objects object of protection as an industrial designs design as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, these objects are therefore the claimed object is not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independentlyarticle. Thus, they are the subject matter contained in the registration is not circulated independently, therefore it is not the objects object of protection as an industrial designs design as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current descriptionone. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; thereforedisclaim relating to design 2, the claimed objects in the registration design 3, design 4, design 5, design 6 and design 7, therefore they are not the whole articlesarticles and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer disclaim has been removed. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 3, design 4, design 5, design 6 and design 4 7 include the broken lines; therefore, therefore these objects are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; thereforedisclaimer relating to design 2 and design 3, the claimed objects in the registration therefore they are not the whole articlesarticles and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 43. The reproductions relating to design 2, 2 and design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, therefore these objects are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. 4. If there The registration contains different industrial designs which are identical designs not variants or a set of products, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a declaration to separate the registration into different registrations in Viet Nam, each for one design. Each registration must have a separate description. It should be noted that if design 1 and design 2 are the same after the broken lines have been removedin design 2 are replaced with solid lines, the registration holder must submit a declaration to keep withdraw one of the two designs. If design 1 and design 2 are not significantly different from each other after the broken lines in design 2 are replaced with solid lines, the registration holder must indicate one of the designs as principle design and withdraw the other identical onesas variant and the two designs will be in the same registration.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The reproductions of design 1 and design 2 do not include the bottom view. Therefore, the reproductions do not include all the required views of the designs, thus they are not sufficient to disclose fully the designs as required in Article 103(2) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting the missing views. It must be noted that the new set of reproductions must not change the gist of the designs. 3. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others other as variantsvariant. 34. The description includes the disclaimer; thereforedisclaimer relating to design 2, the claimed objects in the registration are therefore this object is not the whole articlesarticle and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are it is not the objects object of protection as an industrial designs design as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-TT- BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 45. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 and design 4 2 include the broken lines; therefore, these objects are therefore this object is not the whole articles article and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, they are it is not the objects object of protection as an industrial designs design as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all reproductions of design 3 and design 4 include the designs as required in Article 103(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Namdisclaim, since the description does not list all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; therefore, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articlesarticle. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration relating to design 3 and design 4 are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects object of protection as an industrial designs design as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-TT- BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if - The set of reproductions of design 5 is not sufficient to disclose fully the design according to Article 103(4) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since it lacks the right view, back view, top view and bottom view. - The descriptions do not fully disclose the designs as required in Article 103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since they do not figure the characteristic features of the designs. - The registration does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101 of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since all the designs in the registration holder submits are not variants or a corrected version set of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 4products. The reproductions relating insignificantly different designs should be clarified in the description and claimed to be registered as variants. The significantly different designs should be separated and registered in other registrations. Due to the similarity of the designs in the registration, they must be separated and registered as follows: + Design 1 and design 22 are not significantly different from each other, design therefore they must be registered in one registration as variants; + Design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; thereforeare claimed for partial protection, these objects are which does not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independently. Thus, they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in comply with Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if For the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there overall protection, they are identical designs after to design 1 and design 2 respectively. Therefore, they are not be able to be registered, either in partial or overall. Thus, they must be removed from the broken lines have been removedregistration. + Design 5 is significantly different from the other designs, therefore it should be seperated and registered in a single registration. In order to overcome these reasons for refusal, the holder must submit applicant shall: - Submit a declaration to keep separate the registration into two registrations, one of the registration for design 1 and withdraw design 2 and the other identical onesregistration for design 5 and remove protection of design 3 and design 4; - Supplement the missing views of design 5; - Submit two descriptions for two separated registrations.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notificationcorrected version of description to replace the current one, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; therefore, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, these therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independentlyarticles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does descriptions do not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does descriptions do not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description descriptions to replace the current descriptiondescriptions. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notificationcorrected version of description to replace the current one, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 3. The description includes reproductions include the disclaimer; thereforebroken lines, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version sets of description in which reproductions with the disclaimer has been removedbroken lines being replaced with solid lines. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2description includes the disclaimers, design 3 and design 4 include therefore the broken lines; therefore, these claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independentlyarticles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set version of reproductions with descriptions in which the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have disclaimers has been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The registration contains multiple industrial According to the similarity between the designs but there is not any statement indicating that in the registration, they can be divided into the following groups: Group 1: design 1 and design 4 are variants because they are not significantly different from each other. Group 2: design 2, design 3, design 5 and design 6 are variants or a set of products; thusbecause they are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, it the registration does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate declaration to keep one of the designs as principle mentioned design groups in the registration and separate the others as other group into different registration. Each registration must have a separate description. If any registration includes a group of variants, the corresponding description must indicate this fact. 3. The description includes the disclaimer; therefore, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, these therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independentlyarticles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. 5. If there Design 2, design 3, design 5 and design 6 in the registration are identical not significantly different from the designs after in the broken lines have been removedregistration DM/223960 and DM/223980 with the same priority date; therefore, design 2, design 3, design 5 and design 6 in the holder must submit a declaration to keep one registration do not meet the requirement of the design and withdraw first-to-file principle as provided in Article 90(2) of the other identical onesIntellectual Property Law of Viet Nam.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does not list all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description to replace the current description. 2. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from the prior design disclosed on ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/web/20220706003515/https://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇/wall- lamp/secto-small-4231-wall-lamp. Therefore, the designs in the registration do not meet the requirement of novelty as provided in Article 63(1) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and Article 35(7) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. 3. The registration contains multiple industrial designs but there is not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notification, which shall indicate one of the designs as principle design and the others as variants. 34. The description includes the disclaimer; therefore, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description in which the disclaimer has been removed. 45. The reproductions relating to of design 2, design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, these therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independentlyarticles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set of reproductions with without the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.

Grounds for refusal. 1. The description does descriptions do not fully disclose all the designs as required in Article 103(3103(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam, since the description does descriptions do not list point out all main appearance characteristics of the designs. This reason for refusal may be overcome by submitting a corrected version of description descriptions to replace the current descriptiondescriptions. 2. The registration contains multiple different industrial designs but there is which are not any statement indicating that they are variants or a set of products; thus, thus it does not meet the requirement on the uniformity of industrial property registration applications according to Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam. The designs in the registration are not significantly different from each other. Therefore, these designs should be claimed as variants. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a notificationdeclaration to separate the registration into different registrations in Viet Nam, which shall indicate each for one of the designs as principle design and the others as variantsdesign. Each registration must have a separate description. 3. The description descriptions includes the disclaimer; thereforedisclaimers, therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected version of description descriptions in which the disclaimer has disclaimers have been removed. 4. The reproductions relating to design 2, design 3 and design 4 include the broken lines; therefore, these therefore the claimed objects in the registration are not the whole articles and cannot be circulated independentlyarticles. Thus, the subject matters contained in the registration are not circulated independently, therefore they are not the objects of protection as industrial designs as provided in Article 4(13) of the Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam and in Article 33(2)(b) of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. This reason for refusal may be overcome if the registration holder submits a corrected set sets of reproductions with the broken lines being replaced with solid lines. If there are identical designs after the broken lines have been removed, the holder must submit a declaration to keep one of the design and withdraw the other identical ones.