Intellectual Property
"The attention to detail and ability to provide prompt response are what sets the IP team of Assegaf Hamzah & Partner apart from others."
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
Overview
At AHP, we advise clients in navigating the increasingly complex and competitive intellectual property landscape, where innovation, brand value, and legal protection are closely intertwined. Our Intellectual Property practice delivers strategic, commercially grounded advice, informed by deep industry knowledge and extensive experience across both local and cross‑border matters.
We provide end‑to‑end intellectual property services, encompassing advisory, registration, protection, compliance, and enforcement of IP rights. Our work spans contentious and non‑contentious matters, supporting clients in safeguarding and maximising the value of their IP portfolios amid evolving legal and regulatory frameworks. As Indonesia’s IP regime continues to develop, we guide clients through legislative changes and emerging developments with clarity and foresight.
Our team advises on a wide range of IP‑related matters, including infringement disputes and IP‑driven transactions such as assignments, licensing arrangements, and broader commercial exploitation of IP assets. We regularly counsel clients on trademark, patent, industrial design, trade secret, and copyright issues, drawing on the combined strengths of our dedicated IP practitioners and experienced dispute resolution lawyers.
We act for a diverse client base, from established local enterprises and multinational corporations to high‑growth startups. Through our membership in the Rajah & Tann Asia Network, we offer clients seamless access to IP expertise across Southeast Asia. Beyond legal representation, we position ourselves as long‑term partners—helping clients manage, protect, and strengthen their intellectual property with precision, professionalism, and strategic insight.
Keywords/Services:
- Creation Stage (e.g. agreements with creators, inventors, and designers, and IP searches)
- Protection Stage (e.g. IP registrations, enforcement, and litigation)
- Commercialisation Stage (e.g. IP licensing and transfer agreements, franchise agreements, and IP financing)
Awards & Accolades:
- Intellectual Property – Band 2, Chambers Asia Pacific (2026)
- Intellectual Property – Tier 2, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2026)
- Copyrights/Trademark – Tier 2, ALB IP Ranking (2025)
- Intellectual Property – Tier 2, Benchmark Litigation (2025)
- Intellectual Property – Recommended, Asialaw Profiles (2025)
- Winner – Entertainment & Sports, Asia Business Law Journal Indonesia Law Firm Awards (2025)
- Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year, ALB Indonesia Law Awards (2020)
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MAIN IPs |
HOW TO OBTAIN PROTECTION |
PROTECTION PERIOD |
RENEWABLE |
REGISTRATION PROCESS (estimate) |
TRANSFER |
LICENSING |
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Trademark |
Registration |
10 years |
Yes |
10-12 months
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All of IP transfers must be made in writing and be recorded with the Indonesian IP office, save for the unrecorded copyright |
All of IP licensing must be made in writing and be recorded with the Indonesian IP office |
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Copyright |
First publish, but it can be recorded to obtain the certificate |
Owned by individual, 70 years after the death, calculated from 1 January of the following year Owned by company, 50 years* |
No |
n/a |
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Patent |
Registration |
20 years for patent, and 10 years for simple patent |
No |
Patent: 5-6 years Simple Patent: 3-4 years |
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Industrial Design |
Registration |
10 years |
No |
10-12 months |
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Trade Secret |
It must be secret information, has economic value, the secrecy of the information is maintained** |
It may last indefinitely as long as it keeps confidential |
n/a |
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Our Partners
Chandra M. Hamzah
PartnerDispute Resolution, Fraud & Forensics Investigation
Dewi Soeharto
PartnerIntellectual Property
Nalendra Wibowo
Senior AssociateIntellectual Property







