The firm practices in the areas of intellectual property, business, labour law, real estate, finance, banking ...etc, with particular expertise in registration and protection of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, domain names, geographical indication of goods and copyrights in Vietnam and other countries; advice in settling disputes and infringements relating to industrial property rights and copyrights, searches and registrations of trademarks and patents in many countries.

Board of Directors

Le Xuan Thao, Doctor at Law
Patent Attorney.
President of INVENCO

Education:

1975: Polytechnic University of Kharkov, Ukraine, Mechanical Engineer
1990: Finished Patent Training at Moscow Patent Law Institute
1995: Hanoi University of Law
1997: Defended doctoral thesis at Ho Chi Minh National Politics Academy, took part in IP law course at Tokyo Intellectual Property Law Institute
1998: Advanced management training in Singapore

Career:

1975-1987: Lecturer of Technical Military University (Ministry of Defense)
1987-1991: Legal officer of National Office of Inventions (currently National Office of Intellectual Property)
1991-1997: Director of Center for Creation Promotion and Industrial Property Protection
1997-present: President of INVENCO
1992-present: Standing Deputy Vice President of Vietnam Fund for supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC)
2000: General Director of Center for Promotion of Inventions and Innovations (CEPIN)
1997: National Expert on IP invited by WIPO under Project RAS/92/037
2004-present: Permanent Commissioner of Vietnam of Lawyers Association
2005-present: Member of Management Board of Hanoi Bar Association
2009-present: Member of National Bar Council, Vice President of Lawyers Tranining Community of Vietnam Lawyers Federation

Membership:

Permanent Commissioner of Central Committee of Vietnam Lawyers Association; Vietnam Intellectual Property Association; Hanoi Bar Association; Member of International Trademark Association (INTA), European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA), Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA), Association of International Intellectual Property Protection (AIPPI), the International Federation of Council of Industrial Property (FICPI), Asian Intellectual Property Associations (ASEAN IPA).

Foreign Languages: English, Russian.

Le Dang Tho
Patent Attorney, Vice President, Executive Director

Education
:

1979-1984: Moscow Construction Railway Transportation Institute, formerly Soviet Union
1985: Patent Training at Moscow Patent Law Institute
1994-1997: Faculty of Law, Hanoi Open University

Career:

1985-1991: Officer of National Office of Inventions (currently National Office of Intellectual Property)
1991-1997: Head of Department of Foreign Affairs, Center for Creation Promotion and Industrial Property protection
1997-present: Vice President and Executive Director of INVENCO
1992-present: Deputy Director of Vietnam Fund for supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC)
1997: National Expert on IP invited by WIPO under RAS/92/037
2000 up to now: Vice General Director of Center for Promotion of Inventions and Innovations (CEPIN)
2005: Rewarded Asian leading Patent Attorney cup

Membership:

Hanoi Bar Association; Vietnam Intellectual Property Association; Vietnam Lawyer Association; International Trademark Association (INTA); European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA), Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA), Association of International Intellectual Property Protection (AIPPI), the International Federation of Council of Industrial Property (FICPI), Asian Intellectual Property Associations (ASEAN IPA); International Association of Business Leaders (IABL).

Foreign Languages: English, Russian.

Chu Van Quyen
Patent Attorney, Vice President

Education:

1978-1979: University of Erevan, Armenia
1979-1984: Institute of Management of Moscow
1984-1985: Patent Training at Moscow Patent Law Institute
1994-1997: Hanoi University of Law
1990: Intellectual Property Training held be WIPO in Switzerland and France
2001: Intellectual Property Training held in Tokyo, Japan

Career:

1970-1984: Served in the army
1985-1991: Officer of National Office of Inventions (currently National Office of Intellectual Property)
1991-1997: Chief Accountant of Center for Creation Promotion and Industrial Property protection
1997-present: Vice President of INVENCO
1992-present: Deputy Director of Vietnam Fund for supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC)
2000: Vice General Director of Center for Promotion of Inventions and Innovations (CEPIN)
2003: Member of National Editing Committee of Decree on technological improvement and production rationalization

Membership:

International Trademark Association (INTA); European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA); Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA); Association of International Intellectual Property Protection (AIPPI); International Federation of Council of Industrial Property (FICPI); Asian Intellectual Property Associations (ASEAN IPA); Hanoi Bar Association; Vietnam Intellectual Property Association; Vietnam Lawyer Association.

Foreign Languages: English, French, Russian.