Ms. Doan Thi Hong is an Attorney-at-Law at Canis Law Group, specializing in intellectual property law, intellectual property litigation, and intellectual property enforcement. She has extensive experience advising, representing, and protecting clients’ rights and interests in matters involving trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights.

Ms. Hong regularly advises businesses on the establishment, management, commercialization, and protection of intellectual property assets, assisting clients in developing comprehensive IP strategies that strengthen brand value and safeguard competitive advantages. Her practice includes advising on trademark and patent protection, copyright matters, IP portfolio management, technology commercialization, and legal strategies for maximizing the value of intellectual property assets.

She also has substantial experience in intellectual property enforcement, advising clients on infringement assessments, enforcement strategies, cease-and-desist actions, administrative enforcement proceedings, civil litigation, and other legal measures to protect intellectual property rights. In addition, she represents clients in complex intellectual property disputes before competent authorities and Vietnamese courts, delivering practical and commercially focused legal solutions.

Beyond her intellectual property practice, Ms. Hong has experience representing clients in criminal proceedings involving intellectual property infringements, providing legal advice and representation in cases concerning trademark counterfeiting, copyright piracy, and other criminal offenses relating to intellectual property rights. Her combined expertise in IP prosecution, IP enforcement, and IP litigation enables clients to effectively protect, enforce, and maximize the value of their intellectual property assets.

Education

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Hanoi Law University.
• Graduate of the Lawyer Training Program, Judicial Academy of Vietnam.

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Hanoi Bar Association.
• Member of the Vietnam Bar Federation.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property: Advising on the registration, prosecution, management, commercialization, licensing, assignment, and protection of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights.
• Intellectual Property Enforcement: Advising on infringement investigations, enforcement strategies, administrative actions, civil litigation, dispute resolution, and legal measures to protect and enforce intellectual property rights.
• Intellectual Property & Criminal Litigation: Representing clients in intellectual property disputes, civil litigation, and criminal proceedings involving intellectual property infringements before Vietnamese courts and competent authorities.

Languages

• Vietnamese.
• English.