On March 21, 2021, Gudang Garam sued Gudang Baru company in Surabaya District Court due to Gudang Baru’s use of a brand and painting that is similar in its entirety.
In its lawsuit, Gudang Garam requested the cancellation of brand registration by Gudang Baru. For information, Gudang Garam itself is a company that has been established since 1958 and has been registering trademarks for many years. In Indonesian trademark law, a principle called first to file applies where someone who registers first and whose application is granted will obtain rights to the registered trademark. So basically Gudang Garam has the right to request the cancellation of Gudang Baru’s trademark because it already has rights to the trademark. In order not to experience a lawsuit like Gudang Baru, business actors must know and understand the procedures that must be followed to register their trademarks.
Brand Checking (Brand Analysis)
The first stage that must be done by KH Friend before applying for trademark registration is to do Brand Checking first. Brand checking for inexperienced business actors will certainly take a long time. But calm down, the legal contract is ready to help.
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KH pals do not need to worry about using the brand checking service from Kontrak Hukum because in addition to being done by legal experts, Kontrak Hukum has been trusted in solving legal problems quickly, easily, and affordably. Kontrak Hukum also guarantees that your data and information are safe and protected.
Trademark Registration
After checking the trademark, the next step is to register the trademark with the DJKI Kemenkumham. But this stage is certainly not easy, because business actors must really have an authentic brand and not imitate other brands. Even if the examiner decides that the trademark registration does not pass the substantive examination, the trademark application cannot be registered or in this case is rejected. Have you gone to the trouble of making your trademark as original as possible so that it is accepted during registration, but instead it is rejected because it is similar to the trademarks of other business actors? To prevent that, leave everything to the Legal Contract.
KH Contact
Would you like to consult about trademarks, have questions about trademark registration, or would you like assistance in registering your trademark?
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Don’t hesitate and immediately contact Kontrak Hukum at the Tanya KH link , Kontrak Hukum is ready to help and provide the best solution.
