Update on Official Industrial Property Fees in Vietnam for 2025

Release Time：2025-01-10 09:04Author：Views：23

Return to Normal Fees

According to Notice No. 4090/TB-SHTT, issued on 31 December 2024, by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam, the policy of a 50% reduction in certain Industrial Property (IP) fees will end on 1 January 2025. This concludes six consecutive periods of fee reductions, which were introduced to assist businesses facing difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From 1 January 2025, the IP fees will revert to the standard rates stipulated in Circular No. 263/2016/TT-BTC, issued by the Ministry of Finance on 14 November 2016.

Continued Fee Reductions for Online Procedures

The Notice also highlights an ongoing fee reduction for online procedures, effective from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025. Under Circular No. 63/2023/TT-BTC, dated 16 October 2023, a 50% fee reduction applies to fees listed in Item A of said Circular No. 263/2016/TT-BTC for online IP procedures. This policy aims to encourage the use of online public services and includes:

– Filing of IP applications

– Granting of patents and trademark certificates

– Recordals of IP assignments

– Payment of annuities and renewals for patents and trademark certificates

– Terminations and invalidations for patents and trademark certificates

– Granting of IP attorney certificates

– Publication and registration of IP agents.

Currently, online IP procedures are limited to filing patents, industrial design, and trademark applications. Other procedures are still under development and will be available for official use in the future.

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