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Minister of Laws and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, Yasonna H. Laoly, has recently appointed Min Usihen as the new Director General of Intellectual Property. Formal inauguration of the new DG, along with other senior officials of the Ministry, is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 4, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to […]

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on March 1, 2023, between the Ministry of Laws and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia and the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), marking official commencement of collaboration between both state institutions for integrating and optimizing the outcomes of national research and innovation. Minister of Laws

President Joko Widodo demanded that the Ministry of Communication and Information along with the Press Council and press industry associations can finalize a draft for regulation concerning publishers’ rights can be finalized within one month. This was expressed by the president during his speech at the National Press Day commemoration, February 9, 2023, in Medan,

A research collaboration between two lecturers and a student of the Faculty of Agriculture and Business of Satya Wacana Christian University (UKSW) in Salatiga, Central Java, has successfully resulted in an invention of beetroot tea bag, which recently has been successfully granted patent protection by the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP). The research was

Near the end of 2022 the Ministry of Laws and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia held a Roving Seminar on Intellectual Property in Jakarta, Indonesia, wherein a number of universities were awarded with special recognition for their achievement in IPR filings from 2020 to 2022. The top ten list for patent filers among

A cassation judgment recently delivered in September 2022 by the Supreme Court overturned a first instance decision by the Commercial Court of Central Jakarta and cleared owner of ERIGO brand from trademark infringement allegations. The case attracted considerable attention especially from younger generations who are active in social media since the defendant is the owner

The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, has rejected a petition for judicial review against Law no. 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright, that mainly requested for Articles 18, 30 and 122  of the law to be declared inconstitutional and thus are no longer binding legally. Articles 18, 30 and 122 addresses mainly with

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR-RI) on Tuesday, December 6, eventually passed the bill for a new criminal code to replace the one that had been in existence for more than 107 years. The old criminal code was promulgated under Law no. 1 of 1946, which was passed approximately six months after the proclaimation of

Acting Director General (ADG) of Intellectual Property, Razilu, expressed his appreciation and gratitutde towards his personnel for what he considered as good achievement by the institution throughout 2022. This was stated by the ADG during the 2022 DGIP Performance Evaluation event held in Jakarta on November 28, 2022. According to the evaluation, the year 2022

Earlier this year, Nokia Technologies OY had launched a patent infringement lawsuit at the Commercial Court of Central Jakarta against PT Bright Mobile Telecommunication, local manufacturer for Chinese-base cellular phones brand OPPO. Nokia as the plaintiff alleged that defendant has infringed its Indonesian patent IDP000031183 for the invention entitled “Pitch Lag Estimation” by using features