The applicant submits the trademark application documents to the Indonesian Trademark Office. After receiving the trademark registration application, the relevant department will first conduct a formal review. The main purpose of the formal examination is to review whether the application documents are complete. For incomplete trademark documents, the applicant will be notified and required to modify and correct the trademark documents within a time limit. Complete trademark files will be issued with a filing date and filing number if there are no issues. The trademark documents that pass the formal examination will enter the substantive examination. The substantive examination mainly examines whether the trademark is registrable, whether it is identical or similar to a previously applied trademark, whether it complies with relevant laws and regulations, etc. For problematic trademark documents, the trademark The registrar will notify the trademark applicant in writing, requiring the trademark applicant to modify or correct the trademark application documents within the deadline; documents with no problems after review will enter the trademark announcement period, which is generally 3 months, also known as trademark During the opposition period, anyone can file an objection to the trademark document and make an objection ruling with the applicant.

During the trademark opposition period, trademark documents without objection or trademark documents that have been ruled by opposition will be approved for registration, and a trademark registration certificate will be issued. If the whole process goes smoothly, it will take about 15 months.

The Indonesian Trademark Office stipulates that the validity period of a trademark is 10 years, and the validity period of trademark renewal is also 10 years. Applications for trademark needs must be submitted 12 months before the expiration of the trademark.