Practice Areas

Trademark/Servicemark Prosecution

 

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:
  • Power of Attorney  (simply signed);
  • 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: