From the data officially released by the DJKI on the pdki-indonesia.dgip.go.id website which can be accessed by the public, it can be seen that the growth of trademark registration continues to increase. Even in 2020 when we have entered the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still 9.43% growth.
What is interesting from this data is that the number of rejections issued annually continues to decline, when compared to the number of applications for trademark registration in the same year. From around 20% in 2015, the number continues to decline. Only around 19% in 2016-2017, up to 8% in 2019, and only 0.73% in 2020.
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