About Us

Rouse is a specialist IP consultancy, providing the full range of IP services to many of the world’s leading IP owners.

Established in the UK in 1990, it now has 18 offices in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, as well as associated office in Saudi Arabia. Rouse is regularly ranked among the leading IP firms in the various jurisdictions in which it operates.

Its team of more than 600 includes IP professionals from a wide range of disciplines. Lawyers, patent and trade mark attorneys, researchers and specialist IP investigators work seamlessly together, combining a high level of professional skills and experience with ‘on-the-ground’ practical and commercial know-how.

We have been present in Vietnam since 1993 and opened our first office here in 1997. We now have an office in HCMC and an associated office in Hanoi, and are able to provide IP services in Vietnam as well as the Indo-China peninsula.

We provide the full range of IP services - from (i) devising and implementing global investigation, (ii) dispute resolution and protection strategies to (iii) providing commercial IP and (iv) patent and (v) trade mark, design and geographical indication agency services.

Our Vietnam team comprises more than 40 people from a variety of specialist disciplines, and Chris Vale managing the operation from Hong Kong and continues to travel to HCMC monthly. We know the issues that clients face here and are experienced in providing the right solutions covering F&B, cigarettes, domestic appliances, entertainment, pharmaceutical, IT, clothing, apparel, manufacturing & industrial.