LLM, Franklin Pierce Law Center
LLB, Hanoi Law University
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Linh Thi Mai Nguyen is a partner and heads Tilleke & Gibbins’ top-tier trademark team in Vietnam. She regularly advises owners of world-famous brands in their strategic trademark filing and portfolio management across many sectors, with particular strength in the pharmaceutical, technology, hospitality, and beverage industries. She crafts persuasive arguments to win appeals and oppositions for foreign trademark holders, and assists clients with commercializing their trademarks in Vietnam through avenues such as licensing and franchising.
Linh is ranked as a leading IP attorney in Vietnam by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Managing IP, and the WTR 1000, and has been recognized as one of the “Top 250 Women in IP” by Managing IP and one of Vietnam’s “Top 100 A-List Lawyers” by Asia Business Law Journal.
A graduate of the Hanoi Law University, Linh was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to obtain an LLM in the United States from the Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law). She has also served as a legal program officer with the USAID-funded STAR project, where she coordinated with government agencies to ensure that Vietnam’s legal regime complied with international commitments,
Linh is a licensed IP agent and a qualified lawyer of the Hanoi Bar Association. She serves on the executive board of the Vietnam Intellectual Property Association (VIPA) and is a member of VIPA’s International Cooperation Committee. She is also a member of INTA’s Right of Publicity Committee.
- Represented and advised a leading global pharmaceutical company in strategic filing and oppositions in Vietnam.
- Represented and advised a major Korean conglomerate in electronics and appliances in their IP prosecution in Vietnam.
- Assisted a leading Chinese spirit company in their trademark and design clearance.
- Advised a leading Chinese coffee company in their opposition strategy and filing in Vietnam.
- Secured the successful registration in Vietnam of a globally famous mark used for household goods that had become genericized in other jurisdictions.
- Represented and advised one of the world’s top luxury brands in securing one of the first registrations of a three-dimensional mark in Vietnam for its iconic packaging.
- Represented major franchises from the U.S. in the real estate and fitness sectors to resolve disputes with franchisees in Vietnam, and secure the protection of the IP assets of the franchisor.
- Represented and advised a luxury automobile manufacturer in the successful registration of its marks.
- Successfully opposed the registration of multiple trademarks that were confusingly similar to the marks of an international tobacco company.
- Represented and advised a leading U.S.-based multinational corporation in rehabilitating a trademark from becoming generic and successfully opposing a similar mark.
- Represented and advised a leading Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer in various oppositions.
- Represented, advised, and managed the trademark portfolio in Vietnam of a German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical corporation.
- Represented and advised a leading Dutch technology company in the areas of electronics, healthcare, and lighting in various oppositions and enforcement actions.
- Represented and advised world leading corporations in the fashion, luxury goods, entertainment, and retail industries.
- Represented and advised a leading U.S. hotel and leisure company in prosecution and enforcement actions in Vietnam.
- Dealt with various trademark infringements in Vietnam on behalf of world-leading cosmetics and fashion companies.
- Acted for U.S.-based multinational fast-moving consumer goods companies in various trademark disputes and infringements in Vietnam.