1. Intellectual Property Services 

Main Intellectual Property Services include:

• Registration of Patents, Utility Solutions and Industrial Designs:
- Arranging for patentability, state-of-the-art and validity searches
- Preparing and executing applications including national phase of PCT applications
- Cancellation and opposition proceedings
- Recording of mergers, acquisitions and changes

- Monitoring Patent expiries and arranging for annuity payments and renewals

• Trademark Services:
- Information and availability searches
- Preparing and executing trademarks applications including international applications
- Cancellation and opposition proceedings
- Recording of mergers, acquisitions and changes
- Monitoring trademarks expiries and arranging for renewals
- Alerting potentially conflicting trademarks

• Copyrights Services:
- Preparing and executing copyright applications in Vietnam
- Cancelling and opposition proceedings
- Acting as attorney or representative in copyright and related matters, including fee collection,
circulation and importations of copyrighted materials

• L itigation, Investigation, Anti-counterfeiting and Anti-unfair competition:
- Litigation including injunction proceedings
- Dispute mediation and arbitration
- Investigating existence, scope, ownership and commercial exploitation of intellectual property right infringements
- Anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy, unfair competition proceedings and custom actions
- Market monitoring for possible intellectual property right infringements

• Licensing/Franchising & Technology Transfer:
- Contract drafting and contract review
- Arranging for contract registration in Vietnam
- Seeking partners and providing market information
- Counseling on establishment of foreign franchise systems in Vietnam

• Other related IP activities:
- Services for domain names, new varieties of plants, topographies and other IP objects
- Evaluation of IP assets, IP damages
- Providing advice for the management of IP right portfolios
- Arranging for IP training and IP research and survey.

 

2. Provide Investment consulting

Investment consultancy has been also considered as one of strengths of SD Invest over the last time. We are much experienced in assisting enterprises, both domestically and internationally, in access to and development of investment and business opportunities in Vietnam through some such services as:

- Supporting assessment and development of investment idea.
- Seeking investment opportunities and partners.

- Working with concerned agencies for explanation of investment application, on behalf of investors.

- Assisting in formulation and preparation of the dossier of application for establishment of enterprises in Vietnam (including feasibility study report, charter, operation regulation and other relevant documents).
- Business Establishment

- Mergers and Acquisitions

- Corporate Restructuring

- Market Research

- Bid & Tender Management

- Project Management.

 

3. Development-related issue consulting

SD INVEST has been involved in a wide range of projects funded by international organizations such as WB, ADB, UNDP, UNICEF, EU, AFD, DANIDA, SNV, JICA. The Government of Vietnam, foreign and domestic corporations. Our main services include:

- Researching, consulting on the institutional issues, development policies (for instance, policies for poverty reduction, policies for development of domestic enterprises, improving institutional environment, and so on); 
- Building strategies, master plan for the development of industries and regions (like strategy for the development of consulting industry, agricultural services, ODA master plan, etc.) ;
- Researching and consulting on how to improve the business/investment environment;
- Social surveys.

 

4. Monitoring and Evaluation Consulting 

SD INVEST support clients through services:

- The implementation of programs, projects

- The management of programs, projects

- The information feedback of programs, projects.

- Initial evaluation

- Mid-term evaluation

- Terminal evaluation  Impact evaluation.

 

5. Conduct research on market

SD INVEST could provide market researches in both large scales as well as in deeply specialized sectors through some such services as:
- Conducting market research on a specific product or service
- Market research on a industry or business area
- Making strategies on consumption and marketing for a product/service.

 

6. Legal Services 

SD INVEST Legal Services provides clients with business-oriented legal advice and services. The majority of our lawyers are also qualified as business consultants. This is due to their participation in investment projects in both pre- and post-licensing stages. The main range of our practice and services covers:

- Giving the newest legal information and legal documents,
- Updating legal changes,
- Giving advices on suitable behaviors according to the legal regulations,
- Giving law and policies analysis and assessment

- Civil and Contract Law
- Banking and Financial Law
- Corporate Governance
- Foreign Investment
- Tax Law
- Legal Due Diligence
- Domestic Investment
- Arbitration and Litigation
- Labour/Union Relations
- Corporate Law
- Environmental Protection
- Administrative Procedures
- Commercial Law
- Property and Real Estate • Maritime and Aviation
- International Trade Law
- Leasing • Accounting and Auditing
- Land Law
- Agency and Franchising
- Advertising and Unfair Competition
- Insurance

- Construction

- Product Liability/Consumer Protection.