PRACTICE AREAS
Trademark/Servicemark
Flow Chart of Trademark/Servicemark Registration Procedure based on the Indonesian Trademark Law No. 15 of 2001
Trademark/Servicemark Registration Procedure in Indonesia:
- An application will enter the substantive examination stage within 30 (thirty) days of its filing date at the latest. This examination stage lasts for 9 (nine) months.
- An allowed application will be published in the Official Trademark Journal whereas a rejected one will be officially informed to the applicant (or its proxy).
- The owner of a rejected application (or its proxy) may file an argument to contest the Trademark Office's decision within 30 (thirty) days of date of the Official Notice of Rejection.
- If accepted, the application will, then, be published in the Official Trademark Journal. In case of rejection, the applicant (or its proxy) will be notified in writing by the Trademark Office.
- The publication stage lasts for 3 (three) months (instead of 6 under the former law). During this stage, any parties may file an Opposition in writing to the Trademark Office and no time extension allowed.
- The applicant or its proxy may file a Response (Counter Statement) against the Opposition within 2 (two) months of date of the Notice of Opposition from the Trademark Office.
- The application will, then, be re-examined. This re-examination lasts for 2 (two) months at the latest.
- In case no objection filed against a published application, a mark will be registered within 30 (thirty) days after its publication stage is over.
The documents necessary for filing a trademark/servicemark application are as follows:
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Power of Attorney (simply signed)
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Statement of Mark Owner (simply signed)
- Priority Document (if claimed)
- 30 prints of the mark, the size of which does not exceed 9 x 9 cm if the mark is in color. If it is in black and white, we need only one sample.
The documents necessary for filing a renewal trademark/servicemark application are as follows:
