The Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia under the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as “DGIP”) has established various procedures under which the examination of a patent application may be accelerated. Under these procedures,...
I FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION Intellectual property protection and enforcement in Indonesia have already existed in Indonesia since the Dutch Colonial Government era, where it enacted the Auteurswet Stb. No. 600 Year 1912 (Copyright), Ooctroi Wet No. 313 Year 1910 (Patent), and Reglement Industriele...
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has issued the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 14 Year 2021 on the Changes of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 30 Year 2019...
The Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia under the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as “DGIP”) has established various procedures under which the examination of a patent application may be accelerated. Under these procedures,...
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...
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...
Dear colleagues, As a follow up on the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia’s Circular No. HKI.KI.05.04-04 titled “EXTENSION OF TIME TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION FOR UNPAID PATENT ANNUAL FEE FOR PATENT HOLDERS” which was issued on 17 February 2019, we herewith...
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has issued Government Regulation No. 28 Year 2019 which regulates the official fees for public service matters, including intellectual property matter. This sudden announcement was issued on April 29, 2019 and there are several fees that have increased, among others,...
The Director General of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Freddy Harris, A.C.C.S., has announced the extension of time to fulfill the obligation for the unpaid patent annual fee for patent holders in Indonesia. Previously in August 2018, the Indonesian IP Office had announced that failure...
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...
