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If you plan to do business 颈苍鈥疘苍诲辞苍别蝉颈补,鈥痮r if you are already trading there, it is essential to know how to manage and enforce your IP as private property rights.

British businesses looking for access to intellectual property advice and support should contact our鈥�South East Asia attach茅 team, based in the High Commission in Singapore

The Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) is the body responsible for operating the patent, industrial design and trade mark system in Indonesia.

Trademarks

The Indonesian trade mark system is similar to the UK鈥檚. Trade marks protect symbols, colours or other devices used to identify a business鈥� products or services. A trade mark is valid for ten years, then may be renewed indefinitely for further ten-year periods.

To protect a trade mark in Indonesia you can:

1. Apply direct to DGIP
2. Make an international trade mark application and select Indonesia as a designated country. More information on international trade mark can be found in the protecting your trade mark abroad page.

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Applications must be made in Bahesa Indonesian. It is recommended to use a local lawyer to submit your application.

Patents

Like in the UK, patents for inventions can be protected for up to 20 years 颈苍鈥疘苍诲辞苍别蝉颈补. Indonesia鈥痑lso provides protection for utility models for up to 10鈥痽ears.鈥疷tility models are sometimes called 鈥渕ini-patents鈥� and require a lower level of inventiveness.鈥疉ll patent rights in Indonesia are subject to the payment of annual fees after they鈥檝e been granted.鈥�鈥�鈥�

To protect your innovation with a patent in Indonesia you can:

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2. File鈥痑n international鈥痯atent鈥痑pplication and select Indonesia as a designated country. This can reduce the cost and effort of applying for鈥痯atents鈥痠n multiple countries.鈥疢ore information on international patents can be found in the protecting your patents abroad page.鈥�
3. File an ASEAN application via ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC). This can reduce cost and effort of applying for patents in multiple ASEAN countries.

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Indonesia operates a 鈥榝irst to file鈥� principle. If two people apply for a patent on an identical invention, the first one to file the application will be awarded the patent. Indonesia does operate grace period where you can register a patent within 6 months of any public disclosure.

Applications should be made in Bahesa Indonesian. DGIP does offer a translation service however this can often cause delays.

It is recommended to use a local lawyer to submit your application.

Designs

In Indonesia, design protection initially last for 10 and cannot be extended.

To protect your design in the Indonesia you should file an application directly to DGIP.
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Indonesia operates a 鈥榝irst to file鈥� principle. If two people apply for an identical design, the first one to file the application will be awarded the protection. Indonesia does operate grace period where you can register a patent within 6 months of specific public disclosures.

Applications must be made in Bahasa Indonesia and can be made either by the designer or an individual on your behalf e.g., a lawyer.

Copyright

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鈥� Although protection is automatic, you may want to register your work with DGIP. Registration is voluntary but helps to provide evidence of copyright ownership before a court or relevant enforcement authority.

Declarations of copyright must be made in Bahasa Indonesian and can be made either by yourself or another individual on your behalf for example a lawyer.

Enforcing your rights

Businesses mention IP infringement and IP enforcement as issues when operating in Indonesia.

If your rights are infringed, there are 3 main options you can consider: civil litigation, criminal prosecution, and customs seizures however mediation via legal professionals is often an effective and lower cost option.

IP infringement is a criminal offence however enforcement is often difficult. In practice, only minor fines are given for IP crimes. IP infringement is a complaint-based crime where the IP holder needs to file a complaint with the police or DGIP before any action such as raids is taken.

If you suspect goods infringing your trade mark or copyright are being imported into Indonesia, you can notify the customs via the courts of suspected shipments however in practice seizures are rare.

More information

For specific support on IP enforcement we have developed a manual including details on the laws and regulations as well as the IP enforcement procedures in Indonesia.

Visit these pages for more information about doing .

To report a market access barrier on IP 颈苍鈥疘苍诲辞苍别蝉颈补.

provides awareness on the latest opportunities in the region for UK companies looking to expand their operations into markets across Southeast Asia including Indonesia.

provide a variety of business advice, services and support to businesses in Indonesia.

The British High Commission in Indonesia supports UK businesses operating in Indonesia.