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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

President Joko Widodo on July 12, 2022 has officially enacted Government Regulation no. 24 of 2022 concerning Implementing Regulations (GG 24/2022)for the Law no. 24 of 2019 concerning Creative Economy (Law 24/2019). According to the Indonesian government, as the president himself frequently mentioned in several public addresses following the enactment, one of the highlights from

At the end of November last year, one of Indonesian major music labels, Musica Studios, filed a judicial review to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia against Law no. 28 of 2014 concerning Copyrights (the 2014 Copyright Law), particularly towards Articles 18, 25 and 122 that provides what is generally known as reversionary

Commercial Court of Central Jakarta on June 2022 has delivered its decision for not accepting a lawsuit filed by PT Terbit Financial Technology (TFT), a local financial technology company based in Jakarta, against PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa and PT Tokopedia, on the basis of lacking court competence to hear the case. Since being filed