Full-service law firm Indochine Counsel has offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. There are six lawyers in its IP practice, with Thi Hong Anh leading the team. Clients of the firm include Yahoo!, Perfect (China) and Eurodrug Laboratories.
In May 2012, Dang The Duc and Nguyen Thi Hong Anh assisted Yahoo! with its copyright and licensing matters relating to the publication of videos in Vietnam. For this team, IP advice often overlapped with other commercial areas and the team also provided Yahoo! with advice relating to publication and advertising.
Mega Lifescience, a Vietnamese pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor, has entrusted most of its IP issues relating to pharmaceuticals to the firm. The firm assists in patent searches and provides strategic advice on patent infringement scenarios and how the client should proceed.