Interested in Registering Your Trademark? Here are the Terms and Procedures

If you want your business to run smoothly, then registering your trademark with DJHKI or the Directorate General of Intellectual Property is an absolute obligation. This is because by registering a trademark, you will have valid evidence of the registered trademark.

In addition, it is useful to prevent others from using the same Mark as yours. The brand itself is one type of Intellectual Property Rights or commonly referred to as Intellectual Property Rights.

What is IPR?

source: yourtrademarkattorney.com

Intellectual Property Rights or what is commonly called Haki is a right that is obtained from the results of human thought to be able to produce a product, service, or process that is useful to society.

IPR can guarantee that an inventor/creator can obtain his rights exclusively, both materially and immaterially, for the work produced. IPR refers to two things in general, namely copyright and industrial property rights.

What are the Trademark Registration Requirements?

source: smartlegal.id

Reported directly by DJHKI official website, here are the requirements needed to register your trademark:

1. Submit an application to the DJ HKI/Kanwil in writing in Indonesian by attaching:

   1. Photocopy of ID card that is legalized. For applicants who come from abroad in accordance with the provisions of the law, they must choose their domicile in Indonesia, usually at the address of their legal counsel;
   2. Photocopy of deed of establishment of a legal entity that has been legalized by a notary if the application is submitted on behalf of a legal entity;
   3. Photocopy of joint ownership regulations if the application is submitted on behalf of more than one person (collective mark);
   4. Special power of attorney if the application for registration is authorized;
   5. Sign of payment of application fee;
   6. 25 pieces of brand labels (max size 9x9 cm, min. 2x2 cm);
   7. a statement that the mark for which registration is requested is his.

2. Fill out the application form which includes:

   1. The date, month and year of the application letter;
   2. The name, full address and nationality of the applicant;
   3. The full name and address of the proxy if the application is submitted through a proxy; and;
   4. Name of country and date of receipt of the first application in case the application is filed with priority rights

3. Pay the application fee for trademark registration.

What is the Registration Procedure?

1. Register for a brand.dgip.go.id account

2. Click add to create a new application

3. Order the billing code by filling in the type, type, and class choice

4. Make payments according to the bill on the SIMPAKI application

5. Fill in all the available forms, upload the required supporting data

6. If you feel that everything has been filled correctly, click Finish

How, easy isn't it? In addition to trademark registration, the brand.dgip.go.id site also provides other services. Starting from brand extensions to filing objections to trademark applications.

You can also take care of recording changes in name and or address as well as recording the transfer of rights to brands here. Register your trademark now for better business performance!