Academic Qualifications:
- 2004, LL.M., Melbourne University School of Law, Melbourne,
Australia. Awarded the 2003 Australian Aid Development Scholarship
(AusADS)
- 2000, LL.B., Faculty of Law, College of Social Sciences
and Humanities, Hanoi National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 1993, B.A., Faculty of English Language, Hanoi College
of Foreign Languages, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 1987, B.A., Faculty of Philology, Kuban National University,
former USSR. Awarded Honour Certificate as an excellent
graduate.
Awarded Honour Certificate as an excellent student every
academic year by The Vietnamese Embassy in the USSR (1981-1987).
Other Professional
Training:
- June-July 2006, Certificate, Training Course for IP Lawyers,
co-sponsored by the JPO, JIII and APIC, Tokyo, Japan
- March-September 2005, Certificate, Lawyers' Training Course
at The State Judicial Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam
- September-November 2002, Certificate, "Pre-Departure
Academic English Course" for Awardees of the 2003 Australian
Aid Development Scholarship (AusADS), Hanoi, Vietnam
- January-June 2001, Diploma, Intellectual Property Institute,
Moscow, Federation of Russia
- September-October 1998, Certificate, "Personnel Management
Training Course" organized by Japanese Association
for Overseas Technical Scholarship, Singapore
- July-August 1994, Certificate, "Summer Teacher Training
Course", organized by California English Language Institute
(USA) at Hanoi University for Teachers of Foreign Languages,
Hanoi, Vietnam
- 1988-1989, English studies at English centers in Hanoi,
Vietnam
Professional
Qualifications:
- 2006, admitted to the Bar Association of Hanoi
- 2004, registered IP attorney
Employment:
- January 2010-present, Department Head – Trademark and Patent, Tilleke
& Gibbins Consultants Limited, Hanoi, Vietnam
- July 2007-January 2010, Department Head – Trademark, Tilleke
& Gibbins Consultants Limited, Hanoi, Vietnam
- September 2001-July 2007, Deputy Head, Department of Litigation
and License Agreement, Pham & Associates, Hanoi, Vietnam
- February 1998-August 2001, Deputy Head, Department of
Trademarks and Industrial Designs, Pham & Associates,
Hanoi, Vietnam
- July 1996-January 1998, IP Consultant and Head of the
Litigation and License Agreement Section, Pham & Associates,
Hanoi, Vietnam
- September 1995-June 1996, IP Consultant, Pham & Associates,
Hanoi, Vietnam
- Since 2004, casual IP Law and Practice Lecturer, State
Judicial Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam
- January 1993-August 1995, English Language Teacher, The
National Institute of Political Science (Ho Chi Minh), Hanoi,
Vietnam
- February 1988-January 1993, Russian Language Teacher,
The National Institute of Political Science (Ho Chi Minh),
Hanoi, Vietnam
Professional
Associations & Affiliation:
- Vietnam Lawyers' Association
- Vietnam Industrial Property Association
- Hanoi Bar Association
Presentations, Publications
and Articles:
- "Vietnam: Step Forward in Handling Domain Name Disputes", Informed Counsel (Tilleke & Gibbins client newsletter), May 2010.
- "Guidelines on .vn Domain Name Disputes Welcomed", International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, June 2010.
- (With Nguyen Duc Thang), "New design examination guidelines issued", International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, March 2010.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler),"Patent
Claim Interpretation—Global Edition (2009/2010)" (Vietnam chapter), Edward D. Manzo, Editor-in-Chief,
published by Thomson West, August 1, 2008.
- (With Le Thi Hong Tuyen), "Using the Customs recordal system", International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, October 2009.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler), “IP law amended”, International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, July/August 2009.
- (With
Thomas J. Treutler),
"Vietnam
Amends Its Intellectual Property Law", Vietnam:
IP Developments (T&G client newsletter), June 2009.
- (With
Thomas J. Treutler),
"Vietnam
Issues New Decree on Administrative Fines in Copyright",
Vietnam:
IP Developments (T&G client newsletter), June 2009.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler), “Distributor's trade mark registration overturned”, International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, May 2009.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler), “IP law amendments planned”, International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, April 2009.
- (With
Thomas J. Treutler), “Government initiatives help rights holders”, International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property, March 2009.
- (With
Thomas J. Treutler), "Vietnam issues regulations
on domain name dispute resolution", International
Briefings, Managing
Intellectual Property,
February 2009.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler), "Vietnam: Circulars add clarity to IP laws", International
Briefings, Managing
Intellectual Property,
December 2008/January 2009.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler), "Patent
Claim Interpretation—Global Edition"
(Vietnam chapter), Edward D. Manzo, Editor-in-Chief,
published by Thomson West, August 1, 2008.
- (With Siraprapha Rungpry), "Trials and tribulations:
Current drug issues in Indochina" , Asia-Pacific
IP Focus 2008, Managing Intellectual Property, Special Report,
September 2008.
- (With Siraprapha Rungpry and Alan Adcock), "Pharmaceutical
industry in Asia", Intellectual Property in
Asia, BNA International, August 2008.
- (With Thomas J. Treutler), "Vietnam:
New legislative efforts to strengthen enforcement mechanisms",
Intellectual Property in Asia, BNA International, August
2008.
- Speaker at international and domestic conferences and
seminars on IP and unfair competition law topics organized
by various organizations.
- "Recent Developments in and Enforcement of Asian
IP Law", presentation at the 2004 Fordham Annual
Conference on International Intellectual Property Law and
Policy", co-sponsored by Intellectual Property Academy
(Singapore) and Fordham University (New York, USA), April
2004.
Practice Areas:
Intellectual
Property Law
E-mail:
Telephone:
(84-4) 3772 5598
Fax:
(84-4)
3772 5568
(June 2010) 
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