After years of waiting, we are pleased to update you that Myanmar new Trade Marks Law and Industrial Design Law have been enacted on 30th January, 2019. In Trademark Law, there are many significant provisions differed from current practice for the applicant and needs to note the changes since Trade Marks Law is adopting…
In the past few days, the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia (the DGIP) has sent notices to foreign patent owners with regard to the patent holders’ obligations to pay the outstanding annuities within 6 months. Failure to pay up the ‘debt’ caused by the outstanding annuities will result in the…
Jika Anda ingin melakukan ekspansi usaha ke Amerika Serikat, maka sangatlah penting bagi Anda untuk segera mengajukan permohonan pendaftaran Merek di Amerika Serikat. Namun sebelum Anda melakukan hal tersebut, ada beberapa pilihan yang harus diperhatikan mengenai “Filing Basis“. Di Amerika Serikat, ada 4 jenis Filing Basis yang Anda dapat pilih. Kami akan ulas masing-masing pilihan yang dapat Anda…
AFFA Intellectual Property Rights Indonesia & Timor Leste membutuhkan 1 (satu) Patent Scientist dalam bidang Farmasi yang memenuhi kriteria-kriteria di bawah ini: Lulusan Strata-1 Jurusan farmasi ; Bisa berbahasa Inggris / Bahasa Indonesia ( Fluent – written dan oral ) ; Mempunyai pengalaman bekerja minimal 1 – 2 tahun pernah bekerja di Direktorat Jenderal Kekayaan Intelektual sebagai…
Bisnis maupun usaha Anda tidak dapat dilepaskan dari Brand atau Trademark yang merupakan identitas dari produk maupun jasa yang Anda tawarkan. Meskipun demikian, agar Merek Anda dapat dilindingi secara hukum di Indonesia, ada 5 hal yang harus Anda perhatikan sebelum mendaftarkan Merek. 1. Apakah Merek Anda deskriptif? Agar dapat didaftarkan, Merek haruslah bersifat unik. Apabila Merek…
Dengan semakin maraknya pemasaran produk-produk yang berasal dari Indonesia di luar negeri, maka kebutuhan untuk mendapatkan hak atas Merek dari produk-produk tersebut merupakan salah satu komponen keputusan bisnis yang tidak dapat dikesampingkan. Saat ini, negara-negara Eropa seperti Belanda, Jerman, Swiss, Perancis, dan Italia merupakan tujuan ekspor bagi perusahaan-perusahaan Indonesia. Berdasarkan pengalaman kami, maka produsen makanan…
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia is set to increase the official fees for several services carried out by the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Indonesia. The draft fees – which were only announced on August 15, 2017 – are expected to be in force before the end of this year. The “ever-increasing…
Following several protests from various Chambers of Commerce around the world, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia is set to issue implementing regulation of Article 20 of Law No. 13 Year 2016 on Patents. The article stipulates that the Patent Holder shall manufacture the patented products or to use the patented process in Indonesia.…
As a response to many critics of Article 20 of the Law No. 13 Year 2016 on Patents (Patent Law), the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has finally issued a draft Presidential Decree on the Implementation of Patents by Patent Holders. As you may be aware, Article 20 of the Patent Law puts an…
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines now requires Declarations of Actual Use for Renewals of Trademark Registrations within 1 year from the Renewal Date. This new requirement only applies to registered marks whose renewal dates fall on 2017 onwards, even if the request for renewal is filed earlier. This is based on: IPOPHL MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR…