A revised set of official fees payable at the Directorate-General of Intellectual Property is now in force.
Government regulation No. 45 of 2014 on Non-taxable State Revenue prescribed a new set of official fees effective from 3 July 2014. Significant changes include:
- increases in official fees;
- increase of number of goods/services included in official fee (IDR1,000,000, around USD85) payable for trademark applications, from 3 to 10;
- change in payment structure for additional goods/services in trademark applications, from IDR50,000 (around USD4.30) per good/service to IDR1,000,000 (around USD85) per each addition of up to 10 goods/services;
- elimination of official fees payable when collecting registration certificates (applies to applications filed on or after 3 July 2014); and
- introduction of official fees for amending application forms and registration certificates.
The DGIP hosted a session to socialize the new fees on 24 June 2014, which our Nidya Kalangie attended. This was seven working days before the introduction of major changes to prosecution practice, and the general consensus among IP Consultants was that the DGIP should have provided a longer transition period.