IDM trademark registrations have been coming up for renewal, and trademark proprietors may have noticed a change in practice.
When renewing trademarks with registration numbers beginning with ‘IDM’, the Trademark Office is now issuing an official notice of renewal (instead of a certificate of registration of renewed trademark, as was previously the case). This is a small but positive refinement to trademark prosecution practice in Indonesia. Under the new system:
- searching will be more efficient, with marks identified by one registration number (instead of a series of numbers - a new one for each renewal); and
- trademark proprietors will not be required to pay an official fee for collecting a certificate of registration for renewed trademarks (which was around USD15).
Official notices are now be accepted by Courts and enforcement authorities as sufficient evidence of renewal of trademarks.