Indochine Counsel

Intellectual Property / Technology, Media & Telecommunications / E-commerce

Nguyen Thi Hong Anh, a partner of Indochine Counsel, co-head of IP & TMT Practice Group. With both legal and technical background, she has been in practice as a patent & trademark attorney for over 20 years, dedicated to establishing, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights for clients in Vietnam and other countries.

Hong Anh served in several positions dealing with IP and technology matters before she joined Indochine Counsel in 2006. She worked as a patent specialist for Pham & Associates from 1995 to 2003, and then vice manager of IP practice at Vision & Associates, Ho Chi Minh City Branch Office.

She is especially active in representing companies in prosecution work for patents, designs and trademarks as well as enforcement actions for IPRs. Hong Anh is also extensively involved in advising foreign companies in emerging IP rights and technology related matters in Vietnam such as internet, media and telecoms. Some clients she has advised include: William Prym GmbH & Co., Kg (DE), Mega Lifesciences (TH), Navigos JSC / VietnamWorks, Genus PLC (UK), Perfect International Resources Limited, Eurodrug Laboratories B.V, United Pharma (Vietnam), Inc., JuhlerGroup, Nuplex Resins Vietnam, Yahoo! Vietnam, PT. Propan Raya ICC, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Global Pharma Healthcare Ltd., Super Cyber, Phanu Group, Samsonite Europe N.V, Plethico Pharmaceuticals Limited, CIPLA Ltd, Behn Meyer, Green Cross Vietnam, EVN Land, Savico Group, Marion Biotech, FPT Online, G-MEI Network Technology, KIDO Corporation, TikTok Pte. Ltd., and Wee Digital.

Hong Anh has written a number of articles and analyses on IP laws and practice in Vietnam in foreign law magazines such as IAM Magazine, Asia IP, and Asian Legal Business.

She has been recognized as an IP Star for both Patent and Trademark areas in the MIP IP Stars (2017 to 2023), and named among the Top 50 IP Experts of Vietnam 2022 by Asia IP.

English and Vietnamese

Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association Inter-Pacific Bar Association International Trademark Association Vietnam Intellectual Property Association Asean Intellectual Property Association

BSc (Chemicals), Hanoi University of Technology, 1991 MSc (Chemicals), Hanoi University of Technology, 1993 LLB, Ho Chi Minh City Law University, 2001