AFFA Intellectual Property Rights – Indonesia & Timor Leste presents: AFFA IP Eduction: Episode 1 – Hal-hal yang harus diperhatikan sebelum mengajukan permohonan pendaftaran merek di Indonesia. Please see our video on the following link on Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNjgpfWKYc8 We will be uploading more contents about Intellectual Property in Indonesia. Please subscribe and stay tuned! #trademarklaw…
The Indonesian patent scene has undergone various changes throughout the years but the very basic concept still remains – that it is an immaterial right that deserves to be protected by law. On the surface level, the Indonesian Civil Code guarantees the protection of all goods and rights which belong to a person. Specifically, Article…
The Indonesian Intellectual Property Office will remain closed until June 4, 2020 due to the spread of the Coronavirus which has not been fully contained. Nevertheless, all online-based services are working and the closure only affects the services that are normally done face to face. The online services have also been extended for Indonesian patent annuity payment…
The Indonesian Intellectual Property Office will remain closed until May 29, 2020 due to the spread of the Coronavirus which has not been fully contained. As previously predicted by top health officials in the country, we are expecting to see the peak of the spread by the end of May or June. Therefore, it is…
Since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Indonesian Intellectual Property Office has taken appropriate measure to curb the spread of the virus by ceasing all face to face services since March 23, 2020 until May 13, 2020. However, there is a high likelihood that the face to face services will remain postponed…
Dear friends and colleagues, It is with great sadness that AFFA Intellectual Property Rights announces the passing of Achmad Fatchy, our founder, leader, father, after a brief illness, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at the age of 55 years. Pak Fatchy – as we called him – will be lovingly remembered by his team at…
Dear friends and colleagues, We hope you and your family are doing well. Due to the spread of COVID-19 in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Indonesian IP Office has suspended all physical services until the end of March. All deadlines in March have also been postponed until March 31st, 2020. However, depending on the situation,…
The protection of Trade Secrets in Indonesia is regulated under Law No. 30 Year 2000 on Trade Secret (“Trade Secret Law”). By definition, a Trade Secret is information that is unknown to the public in the field of technology and/or business. The information should also posses economic value due to its use in trade, and…
Since the enactment of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 15 Year 2018 on the Postponement of Patent Implementation by the Patent Holder, we estimated that thousands of patent holders may have lodged in the requests to postpone the implementation of their patent registrations in Indonesia. This…
Dear friends and colleagues, If you are a non-Indonesian individual/company, by law you can either file a Trademark in Indonesia through the Madrid Protocol (if your country is a member of the Madrid Protocol) or you can file nationally by appointing a registered IP agent/attorney in Indonesia. Should you choose the latter, you will…