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An Indonesian community of stand-up comedians recently filed a lawsuit at the Commercial Court of Jakarta, seeking for cancellation of a trademark registration. The trademark in question is a composite of wordmark and device “OPEN MIC INDONESIA”, which is registered in Service Class 41, covering services of “entertainment, radio entertainment program, television entertainment”. The owner […]

The Panel of Judges at the Commercial Court of Central Jakarta has recently delivered a decision in favor of PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), an Indonesian state-owned mining company, which was named as a defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit pertaining to a gold saving system. The lawsuit was filed earlier this year by an individual

Direktorat Jenderal Kekayaan Intelektual (DJKI) – or the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP), the national intellectual property office of Indonesia, for the fourth time has successfully organized a one-day program named “DJKI Mengajar” (DJKI Teaches), where students of elementary and junior high schools from all over Indonesia were invited to participate in a seminar

The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, which is the main national legislative body of the state, has recently passed the Law concerning Personal Data Protection. Pending to Executive Assent by President Joko Widodo, which will be followed by official numbering and publication in the State Gazette, the law will be Indonesia’s first

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has released the new Patent Law in 2016. Following the enactment of several sensitive articles, particularly Article 20, the Minister of Law and Human Rights has issued the Minister Regulation No. 15 of 2018 which provided a facility to delay the patent working.  Before end of 2018, the

The following are some important points and/or changes in the two ministerial regulations issued by the Indonesia’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights during end of 2018 until 2019. Minister Regulation No. 38 of 2018 concerning Patent Application, effective on December 28, 2018. Time limit for filing a divisional application during substantive examination stage has

Government Regulation No. 36 of 2018 regarding Recordation of the Intellectual Property License Agreements Under GR 36/2018, any application to record an IP license agreement submitted before 27 July 2018 will still be processed under the provisions of MR 8/2016. The provisions of MR 8/2016 that do not conflict with GR 36/2018 are still considered

As you may be aware, the Government of Republic of Indonesia has just issued a New Tariff of IP Services (Official/Government Fees) which took into effect on May 3, 2019. The Government said that the new tariff being set to accommodate various interests among Indonesian IP stake holders, both from government side and private sectors,

Despite of constant growing yearly, the number of patent application filing with the Indonesian IP Office (DGIP) is still considered low if compared to other countries. Official statistic for 2015 is given below. Foreign applications still represent major portion of total record. This fact is in accordance with the Government’s statement that currently 58% of

New Patent Law was passed by the Indonesian House of Representatives on 28 July 2016, replacing the current Patent Law year 2001 and it will come into effect on 28 August 2016.
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