INDONESIA UPDATE: Official Fees Increase as per Government Regulation No. 28 Year 2019

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has issued Government Regulation No. 28 Year 2019 which regulates the official fees for public service matters, including intellectual property matter. This sudden announcement was issued on April 29, 2019 and there are several fees that have increased, among others, patent substantive examination fees, recordal fees, patent maintenance…

INDONESIA: Extension of time to fulfill the obligation for unpaid patent annual fee for patent holders

The Director General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Freddy Harris, A.C.C.S., has announced the extension of time to fulfill the obligation for the unpaid patent annual fee for patent holders in Indonesia. Previously in August 2018, the Indonesian IP Office had announced that failure to pay up the ‘debt’ caused by the…

Settle the outstanding annuities, or no new patent filings will be allowed – the DGIP’s latest move to ensure all debts are settled

In the past few days, the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia (the DGIP)  has sent notices to foreign patent owners with regard to the patent holders’ obligations to pay the outstanding annuities within 6 months. Failure to pay up the ‘debt’ caused by the outstanding annuities will result in the…