Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, a member firm of Baker McKenzie advises a number of blue-chip and international companies on their portfolio management, handling a mixture of contentious and non-contentious work in the IP space. As a full-service firm, the team is able to advise on the IP-related elements of wider transactional mandates relating to a range of different practice areas such as corporate and M&A, tax, and banking. The firm acts for clients in a range of sectors but has a particular focus on consumer goods, TMT, healthcare, finance, energy, and manufacturing. Daru Lukiantono heads the firm’s work in this area with a wide-ranging practice that emulates that of the wider firm, covering the full scope of IP mandates across a diverse array of sectors. Associate partner Wiku Anindito is also a key contact.

Januar Jahja & Partners has an established track record in representing domestic and international clients in their complex, high-profile, and business critical IP disputes, with proven capabilities in handling novel litigation up to the Supreme Court. The firm provides comprehensive IP services, running the gamut of contentious and non-contentious work, and is able to service clients across patents, trademarks, licensing, investigations, and enforcement among other matters. Prudence Jahja heads this work and advises major brands in their trademark prosecution and litigation. Andrew Diamond is another key point of contact as a foreign IP consultant with the firm, co-managing the international department, overseeing the patent team, and advising clients on litigation strategy and enforcement. Eva Dewi Kartika is also noted for her trademark expertise.

K&K Advocates advise their diverse client base comprised of high-profile multinational and Indonesian companies across a wide array of sectors on the protection, expansion, and monetisation of their IP portfolios. The firm has a deep bench of IP specialists to draw upon, including managing partner Justisiari Perdana Kusumah who acts across IP litigation and enforcement, arbitration, and commercial IP. Co-founder Risti Wulansari similarly traverses contentious and commercial IP, while Danny Kobrata focuses on IP issues in the TMT space. Other lawyers of note are Fajar Budiman Kusumo, whose practice covers IP protection, anti-counterfeiting actions, and enforcement measures, and Elsiana Inda Putri Maharani, who covers the full range of IP litigation mandates.

SKC Law uses its cemented market position and IP expertise ‘to accurately anticipate potential risks and threats to the client’s legal position so as to be able to provide an action plan‘. The firm acts across the full gamut of IP mandates, with a particularly strong offering in relation to trademark prosecution and extending to criminal prosecution. Purnomo Suryomurcito leads the firm's enforcement and intelligence offering, heading up this work around criminal enforcement with a strong network of relevant authorities. Nidya Kalangie leads the prosecution and litigation work, being noted for her advisory work relating to the protection and monetisation of IP. Foreign advocate Andrew Conduit heads up the dispute resolution and advisory team.

Suryomurcito & Co. in association with Rouse maintains its established reputation in the Indonesian market through its full range of trademark services for a diverse array of clients, with a notable track record in advising US and Chinese tech companies. Nick Redfearn heads the global enforcement team, managing international enforcement programs across Europe and Asia with a particular expertise in emerging technologies. Lisa Yong straddles contentious and non-contentious IP work across the ASEAN market, while Kin Wah Chow is active in matters relating to patent infringements, software contract disputes, and trademark oppositions for international clients. Tania Lovita leads the disputes resolution team, regularly acting on behalf of clients in all aspects of IP enforcement and litigation. Other key contacts include trademark and prosecution lead Yurio Astary, head of patent matters Arifia Fajra, as well as Evi Triana Wulandari and Nick Redfearn.

Assegaf Hamzah & Partners draws on the extensive litigation expertise of practice co-head Chandra Hamzah to provide clients with a strong contentious offering in the IP space, with a particular strength in advising the defendants in such actions. C0-head Dewi Soeharto focusses more on the n0n-contentious side of IP, working for a number of international clients from both the wider region and globally in their Indonesian patent registrations, particularly those relating to tech and energy. Ari Juliano Gema is also of note.

Iman Sjahputra & Partners have capabilities across the full lifecycle of IP matters, assisting international and domestic clients on entry strategy and registration, portfolio maintenance, disputes, and exit strategy around assignments and acquisitions. The firm’s ‘services, expertise, and collaborative and innovative spirit made them one of the go-to experts‘ across the full range of this work. Promoted to partner in early 2023, Willy Isananda heads up the firm’s IP offering with his broad practice that covers full range of work, but with a particular expertise in franchising. Iman Sjahputra, managing partner, and Wawan Santoso, experienced disputes practitioner, both lend their IP expertise to the practice.

Roosdiono & Partners (a member firm of the KPMG Law network) is led by Ajeng Yesie Triewanty who brings her wider contentious capabilities across commercial disputes and arbitration to her specialist IP practice, advising and representing clients in IP prosecution, litigation, and protection actions. Triewanty and the practice have wider transactional capabilities in this space, undertaking licensing and franchising mandates, and experience in handling cooperation agreements for movie productions.

Tilleke & Gibbins leverages the wider footprint of the firm, with offices in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, to provide a cross-jurisdictional, regional offering to the firm’s multiple blue-chip and multinational clients. Director of the practice Wongrat Ratanaprayul encapsulates the wider firm in her advisory work with international companies, covering the full scope of IP prosecution in both Indonesia and across the firm’s other regional locations, to assist in the effective management of their IP portfolios. Somboon Earterasarun, operating from Bangkok, remains a key point of contact given his experience of the Indonesian market. Also of note is Irene Djalim who handles patent applications in the chemical, mechanical, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Inter Patent Office is active in the trademark space, advising clients on the management of their trademark portfolios, conducting Indonesian and international trademark registrations, and assisting in the process of appealing rejections for registrations. Hendra Widjaya heads the practice as managing partner of the firm, working with a number of private and state-owned Indonesian companies in their trademark mandates. Anny Gunadi focuses on outbound work to secure protections in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the US.

Makarim & Taira S. has a particular strength in trademark mandates, covering clearing, registration, and licensing, and also has a sector focus on hospitality. Norma Mutalib has a broad franchising practice that focuses on market entry, regulatory issues, contract negotiations, and drafting, with hotel franchising and management being a particular strength of her practice.

Soemadipradja & Taher provides a full range of IP-related services, advising on regulatory and compliance issues, filing and registration, and enforcement. The firm acts across a diverse array of different sectors, including automotive, TMT, luxury goods, FCMG, and property development. Romi Emirat heads up this work with an emphasis on contentious matters, both in the IP space and more generally.

SSEK Law Firm acts in tandem with the firm’s corporate and M&A offering to assist clients in the IP-related issues that arise from such transactions, while also providing a broad, standalone IP service. Natural resources, pharmaceuticals, and technology are particular sectors of focus in this work which is headed up by Rusmaini Lenggogeni. Associate Dian Kirana is a key point of contact for her wide-ranging IP specialism.