Building Blocks of Creativity: A Celebration of International Lego Day Every January 28, the global Lego community celebrates it as “Lego Day.” On this date, for the first time, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, the son of a carpenter from Denmark, registered a Patent for his brick toy in 1958. From a brick toy with unique connectors,…
Writer Forbids Singers from Performing Their Songs – Is It Possible? A few weeks ago, the Indonesian music industry was enlivened by the case of a 35 billion Rupiah lawsuit from Ndhank Surahman Hartono, former guitarist and composer of the song “Mungkinkah” (in English: “Is it possible?”), against the band Stinky, where he used to…
专利实质审查实施指南和技术指南综述 技术指南 专利实质审查自申请日起30个月内进行 说明 至少应包括: a. 关于实施本发明的一种方法的说明 b. 如果说明中引用了图形，则应使用与图形中相同的参考信息 c. 关于本发明如何在工业中实施的说明 d. 对发明的简要说明，以便了解本发明 e. 在发明的背景下提及最接近现有技术的技术 所包括的内容如下列顺序所示: 发明技术领域 发明背景 发明简介 图纸简介（如有） 发明详细说明 披露的充分性 说明应当对发明进行明确的披露，以便本领域技术人员能够实施所述发明。 以便公众能够利用本发明，作为回报，应向申请人授予权利。 发明的功能应当予以披露 现有技术背景 发明人应说明在发明的背景中被视为最接近现有如果在检索结果中发现了更接近的现有技术，应在发明的背景中提及最接近的现有技术。 在提及现有技术时，背景应是公平合理的，不应具有误导性。 权利要求 产品权利要求与工艺权利要求的对比 权利要求仅分为两类: 产品权利要求: 适用于物理实体（对象）。产品可能是化合物、设备、系统中设备的组合等。产品权利要求不能通过其使用方法与现有技术区分开来。 工艺权利要求: 适用于活动（方法）。流程可能是生产产品的活动，可能是使用产品的活动，也可能是使用有机体作为主体的活动。 独立权利要求与从属权利要求的对比 独立权利要求 独立权利要求包括寻求保护的发明的所有特征。独立权利要求在内容上不从属于另一种权利要求。 从属权利要求 从属权利要求由独立和/或其他从属权利要求的所有特征组成，并与其所从属的权利要求属于相同的类别。 从属权利要求不得出现以下情况: 与其所从属的权利要求属于不同的类别， 比所从属的权利要求更广泛， 包含所从属的权利要求中不具备的其他特征； 为实现预期目的引用另一权利要求的主题，并且 仅提及所从属的权利要求的一部分。 从属权利要求可从属于多项权利要求。 如果从属权利要求披露先前未描述的特征，独立权利要求应 描述该特征，或者从属权利要求必须优先描述该特征。 …
특허 실체 심사 시행 지침 및 기술 지침 요약본 기술 지침 특허 실체 심사는 출원 날짜로부터 30개월 이내에 시행됩니다. 설명 최소한 다음 항목이 포함되어야 합니다: a. 본 발명을 수행하는 한 가지 방법에 관한 설명 b. 해당 설명에서 그림을 참조할 경우 그림에서 사용한 것과 동일한 참조를 설명에서도 사용해야 함 c. 본 발명이 업계에서 어떻게 구현되는지에…
Summary of Implementation Guideline and Technical Guideline of Patent Substantive Examination in Indonesia TECHNICAL GUIDELINE Patent Substantive Examinations are conducted within 30 months from the application date and will focus on the following points: DESCRIPTION At Least Should Consist of: a. Description regarding one way to conduct the invention; b. If the description refers…
The Importance of Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) in the European Union In the previous article, we discussed how AI could violate Intellectual Property, and several countries have prepared regulations to deal with it. This article will discuss the importance of AIA in the European Union for fighting the Infringement of Intellectual Property based on AI.…
The IP Valuation Practice in Indonesia Measuring the value of Intellectual Property (IP) as an effort to protect intellectual works is a challenging matter. Often, the calculations carried out only partially reflect the true potential of these intellectual assets. For example, is the amount of royalties received an absolute assessment factor? Is the originality factor…
Prospects for Using Intellectual Property as Collateral in Indonesia The consequence of Indonesia’s participation as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to take essential steps, including harmonizing the legal regulations in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) with the provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement. This…
AI: A Threat to Our Intellectual Property? AI is a branch of computer science that deals with creating intelligent agents, which are systems that can reason, learn, and act autonomously. AI research has been highly successful in developing effective techniques for solving a wide range of problems, from self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, product recommendations, creating…
Dear friends and colleagues, Due to massive riots in parts of Papua New Guinea, we regret to inform you that we are experiencing disruptions for the time being. There will be some delays in providing you with the filing receipts and updates, but we will do our best to provide you with our responses as…