Trademark filing fees rose on 1 August 2026

What changes

From 1 August 2026, the official state fee to register one trademark rises:

This is the state fee, not a professional fee. Whoever handles your trademark, this figure is the same.

What it means for you

If your company counts as general — not micro or small — the fee that applies now is Rp2,800,000 per class. The old-tariff window has closed, so there is nothing left to gain by filing sooner.

Note "every class". Trademarks are registered per class of goods or services. If you are protecting one mark across three classes, that is three times the fee.

If you are a micro or small business, your fee has not changed: still Rp500,000 per class. This increase does not touch you at all.

What changed on that date is not only the filing fee. Renewal for general companies is now Rp3,500,000 per class, and renewing late doubles it — far more expensive than the filing difference ever was.

What to have ready

A filing counts as received only if the minimum requirements are complete on the day of filing. What most often holds it up:

• The mark itself in the correct file format
• The right list of classes for your goods/services — the wrong class means your mark is not protected in the line you actually sell
• A statement of ownership of the mark
• Proof of micro/small business status, if you are claiming that fee tier
• Payment — the filing date only takes effect once it is paid

The step most often skipped

Before paying anything, check whether a similar mark is already registered. If a similar mark exists for similar goods or services, your application can be refused — and the fee you paid is not refunded.

A search is cheap and fast compared with losing the filing fee. Always do it first.

If your mark is not registered at all

The fee increase is not really your biggest problem. Your biggest problem is this: in Indonesia, trademark rights arise from registration, not from use.

A name you have used for years, that customers know, that is printed on hundreds of packages — can still be registered by someone else first. If that happens your position reverses: you are the one who has to prove and litigate, while the other party holds the certificate.

A Rp1 million increase is small next to losing the name of your business.

Written 2026-07-28. Rules change — if you are reading this long after that date, confirm before you act on it.