On March 28, in Ho Chi Minh City, Tilleke & Gibbins will hold its first Southeast Asia Outbound Investment Forum for Vietnamese companies. The event, organized in association with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VCCI), will target growing Vietnamese businesses looking to further expand their operations in Southeast Asia.

Following the success of the three-year Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program in 2016-2019 (now viewed as “Phase 1”), the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) have announced that Phase 2 of the PPH will begin on April 1, 2019, and last for another three years (April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2022).

Asian Legal Business (ALB), a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters that provides insight on the legal markets throughout Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, recently announced the shortlists for their 15th annual ALB SE Asia Law Awards. Tilleke & Gibbins is thrilled to announce that the firm has earned seven nominations this year—two individual nominations for the firm’s attorneys, two country-specific firm nominations, and three regional nominations recognizing the strength of the firm’s legal practices across Southeast Asia. The nominations are as follows:

Partner Linh Thi Mai Nguyen, head of Tilleke & Gibbins’ trademark group in Vietnam, will speak at an educational roundtable organized by the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Hanoi on March 12. The roundtable will focus on the challenges and opportunities facing businesses regarding trademarks and geographical indications in the context of Vietnam’s free trade agreements, and will also feature speakers from INTA, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and Vietnam’s intellectual property office.