Official intellectual property fees change on 1 August 2026 — here are the new figures

From 1 August 2026 the official fees for registering and recording intellectual property change. This page lists the figures that apply from that date, by right, so you can budget before deciding.

One note on honesty first. For trademarks we print the old figure because we can show you its source. For copyright, industrial design and patents we print only the figures effective 1 August 2026 — we do not print earlier figures, because we only publish numbers we can prove.

Every figure below is a state fee, excluding anyone's professional fee.

Trademarks

Registration, per class:

For micro and small businesses the fee is unchanged.

What costs people more is usually not the registration fee but the renewal fee:

• Rp3,500,000 per class if filed within the six months before protection expires;
• Rp7,000,000 per class if filed within the six months after it expires.

Double, purely for being late. If your mark covers several classes, the difference multiplies by the number of classes.

Fee to file an opposition against someone else's application: Rp1,500,000.

Copyright

Recording a work, per application:

• Songs and/or music: Rp0.
• Other than songs and music: Rp200,000.

Other fees: recording a transfer of rights Rp200,000 per registration number; recording a licence agreement Rp200,000 per application; official extract Rp150,000 per registration number; deletion of a recording Rp50,000 per record.

Three things to know before paying anything:

• Recording is not what creates copyright. Your right exists from the moment the work is fixed. The recording certificate serves as easily produced initial evidence, and can still be rebutted by contrary proof.
• Logos and distinguishing signs cannot be recorded as artistic works. The route is trademark registration. An application on the wrong route is refused, and the fee is not refunded.
• Incomplete files not corrected within the deadline cause the application to be deemed withdrawn, and the fee already paid cannot be reclaimed.

Industrial design

Recording a licence agreement: Rp1,000,000 per registration number.

Four things decide success here, and none of them is cost:

• Novelty is lost the moment the design is published. Catalogues, social media, marketplaces and product launches all count as disclosure — in Indonesia and abroad. Register before you launch.
• One application covers one design. If more than one is found, you will be asked to split it and each split carries a new fee. A varied product line should be planned as several applications from the start.
• Your design is published with its drawings within three months. If the launch is not ready, deferment must be requested in writing at the time of filing — it cannot follow later. Note that for micro and small businesses deferment is free.
• State fees already paid are not refunded if file deficiencies are not corrected in time.

Patents

Application:

An application covers up to 10 claims. Extra claims are Rp75,000 per claim, and descriptions beyond 30 pages Rp15,000 per page. Which means the length of your document is a costed decision, not a matter of style.

Substantive examination — a separate fee, and the one that most often surprises people:

• Patent: Rp3,500,000.
• Simple patent: Rp750,000 (general) / Rp500,000 (micro, small, institutions).
• Early substantive examination: Rp15,000,000 (general) / Rp5,000,000 (micro, small, institutions).

And annual fees, which run for the whole protection period: for a general patent Rp1,000,000 per year for years 1 to 3, rising in stages to Rp6,500,000 per year for years 11 to 20, plus a per-claim charge.

Four traps that cost more than every fee above:

• The 36-month deadline is the most expensive one. An application already paid for, already drafted and already published still lapses if substantive examination is not requested and paid within it. There is no extension.
• Annual fees are an obligation for the life of the patent, not a one-off. The first payment covers all accumulated years since the filing date, and late payment carries a penalty.
• The wrong route means the wrong cost and the wrong speed. A simple improvement belongs in a simple patent, which is far cheaper and faster, not a standard patent.
• A patent runs twenty years and a simple patent ten, and neither can be extended. Portfolio strategy is set at the start, not as expiry approaches.

What you can do yourself, this weekend

1. Establish first whether your business counts as micro or small. On almost every right the fee difference is large — on industrial design it can be more than threefold. Five minutes of work that changes your budget.
2. Open your trademark certificate and note the expiry date. Then mark six months before it on the calendar. A late renewal costs double, per class.
3. Count your trademark classes, not your trademarks. The fee is per class.
4. If you have songs or music not yet recorded, from 1 August 2026 the state fee is zero. There is no cost reason left to delay.
5. If you are launching a product with a new shape or appearance, get the order right: register the design before the first photo reaches social media or a catalogue. Once published, novelty is gone and the filing fee is at risk.
6. If you have a patent application in progress, find its filing date and count 36 months from it. Mark that day in capitals. After it there is no fixing it.
7. Budget substantive examination and annual fees separately from the filing budget. What makes patent owners give up midway is usually not the initial cost.
8. Check that your logo is registered as a trademark, not recorded as an artistic work. The wrong route means refusal, and the money does not come back.

Those eight steps you can do without anyone's help. What needs judgement is choosing the right trademark classes, deciding between a patent and a simple patent, and drafting the claims — that is where mistakes cost far more than any fee on this page.

Written 2026-07-30. Rules change — if you are reading this long after that date, confirm before you act on it.