The Directorate-General of Intellectual Property has published filing statistics for 2013 and 2014, and it’s not good news - downward trends across the board.
In 2013 (see here), despite Indonesia’s relatively strong economic performance, we only saw:
- 62,949 trademark applications filed in 2013, a slight increase of 494 or 0.7% on 2012 numbers (62,455);
- 7,785 patent applications filed in 2013, a modest increase of 753 or 10.7% on 2012 numbers (7.032); and
- 4,258 industrial design applications filed in 2013, a decrease of 354 or 7.7% on 2012 numbers (4,612).
The numbers for 2014 (see here) reveal that the downward trend has continued. The published data covers January to September only - a comparison of the data with the first 9 months of 2013 reveals:
- 44,596 trademark applications were filed in Jan to Sep 2014, compared with 46,494 for the same period in 2013 - a decrease of 1,898 or 4.1%;
- 5,908 patent applications were filed in Jan to Sep 2014, compared with 5,511 for the same period in 2013 - an increase of 397 or 7.2%; and
- 2,743 industrial design applications were filed in Jan to Sep 2014, compared with 3,296 for the same period in 2013 - a decrease of 553 or 16.8%.
In comparison, statistics for 2012 were much more encouraging and reflective of Indonesia’s booming consumer culture (see our post here). So what has been happening since?! The numbers that have been made available so far don’t offer much insight. We expect to receive more detail in the coming months, that should provide some clues - breakdowns of domestic and international filings, for example.