"SHIFT_" Trademark application no 4-2012-03052 of NISSAN JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (also trading as Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)

SHIFT_ is a trademark protected in Vietnam with application number 4-2012-03052.

The application was filed on 2012.02.27 and currently has status Hết hạn.

The trademark is owned by NISSAN JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (also trading as Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.).

The owner NISSAN JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (also trading as Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.) with address at No. 2 Takaracho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan is the entity that registered this trademark in Vietnam.

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This trademark is protected in the following product/service classes:

12, 37

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• Application Number: The unique number assigned by the IP Office when receiving a trademark application. Used to search and monitor the application's processing status.
• Filing Date: The date the IP Office receives a valid application. The filing date determines priority: the earlier filed application is considered first. If the application is granted, the 10-year protection period is calculated from this date, not the grant date.
• Application Status: Reflects the current processing stage of the application: under examination, published, under substantive examination, or granted protection.
• Goods/Services Classes: To specify which types of goods or services the trademark is protected for. When registering a trademark, the applicant must specify which types of goods or services the trademark is used for. Others can still use similar trademarks for different products or services. This classification is standardized according to the international Nice Classification system.
• Trademark Description: Detailed description of the form, color, and constituent elements of the trademark. This description helps to precisely define the protected content of the trademark in cases where the trademark is depicted as abstract patterns.
• Disclaimer: are elements included in the trademark but not protected individually. The purpose is to exclude protection for descriptive, common, or generic elements. For example: the trademark ABC COFFEE has ABC as the main protected part, while COFFEE is disclaimed because it is a common descriptive term for the product.
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• Publication: is the date the trademark application is publicly announced in the industrial property official gazette for everyone to search and monitor. The publication date is also used to calculate the deadline for the substantive examination phase: no more than 9 months from the publication date.
• Processing Timeline: is the sequence of steps and events that a trademark application goes through during the examination and decision-making process by the intellectual property authority. This timeline indicates: which step the application is currently at in the approval process, what events have occurred to the application (e.g., publication, opposition, amendment, grant or refusal decision)

The trademark registration process in Vietnam includes the following steps:

1. File Application: Submit the trademark registration application to the IP Office.
2. Formal Examination: Check the validity of the application, if valid, the IP Office will send a Decision accepting the valid application to the applicant. Time: 1 month.
3. Publication: The application is published in the industrial property official gazette. Time: within 2 months from the date of the decision accepting a valid application.
4. Substantive Examination: Evaluate the possibility of granting protection. Time: no more than 9 months from the date of publication.
5. Grant of Certificate: Grant the trademark protection certificate.

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