Practices
Intellectual Property

Location
Vietnam

Languages
Vietnamese
English

Education

LLM, Hanoi National University

MBA, National Economics University

BA in English, Hanoi National University College of Foreign Languages

LLB, Hanoi National University

Huong Thu Chu
Trademark Executive
+84 24 3772 5621

Biography

Huong Thu Chu is a trademark executive in Tilleke & Gibbins’ Hanoi office. Her practice includes trademark prosecution activities such as trademark searches and filing; handling post-registration matters; and filing and assisting with strategies for appeals, oppositions, and cancellations.

As the holder of both an LLM and an MBA, Huong has a thorough grounding in the Vietnamese legal system and business environment. With her strong legal and corporate background, and more than 15 years of experience in establishing and protecting trademark rights, Huong is able to provide valuable insight to her clients.


Experience
  • Represented and advised U.K.-based global pharmaceutical companies to successfully overcome provisional refusals and obtain registrations.
  • Successfully opposed trademark applications that were confusingly similar to the widely used trademarks of a Swiss pharmaceutical company.
  • Advised on, filed, and prosecuted trademark applications for a world-famous airplane manufacturer in Cambodia and Laos, and managed the company’s trademark portfolio in Vietnam.
  • Prosecuted trademark matters for a famous global group in Japan and a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company.
  • Successfully cancelled an international trademark registration that was confusingly similar to the well-known trademarks of an Indonesian consumer products company.
  • Advised on and handled the recordal of assignment of trademarks of one of the largest American-owned companies in the wine and spirits sector.