A recent case before the Principal Assistance Registrar (PAR) reinforces that the use of a house mark is just one of the factors to be considered in the assessment of a similarity and likelihood of confusion analysis.
February 24 2021
An Indonesian court recently awarded approximately $2.14 million in damages to a Singaporean company that sued Unilever’s Indonesian entity for trademark infringement. Such a high damages award is uncommon in IP infringement cases in Indonesia. The applications for the infringing mark had been filed but still remain under substantive examination by the Indonesian Trademark Office, and yet the Central Jakarta Commercial Court did not find the case to be premature. It is a stark reminder about the risks of using a trademark in Indonesia before it has been registered, as almost all rights are acquired through registration alone.
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