Have you ever found products imitating your Trademark being sold on the market without your permission? Or even worse—your Trademark suddenly being registered by someone else? Unfortunately, such incidents still frequently occur in Indonesia. Our country has once again been placed on the “Watch List” in the 2025 Special 301 Report released by the United…
Viral on Social Media about how the family of the late proclaimer of the Republic of Indonesia, Bung Hatta, objected to his speeches, which had been released in book form, being digitized and distributed free to the public by a public official for educational reasons and not for commercial purposes. Why might the family raise…
Knowing that the original price of “Windows 11 Home” on the Microsoft website is sold for IDR 2,999,999, but on the well-known e-commerce in Indonesia, it can be found for only IDR 20,000, complete with the promise of an activation key that is valid forever. What’s even crazier is that this high price disparity opens…
“Every person who unlawfully and/or without permission of the Author or Copyright holder distributes Works or their copies for Commercial Use shall be sentenced to imprisonment for up to 4 years and/or fine up to Rp 1,000,000,000.00!” As connoisseurs of the entertainment industry, whether in music, feature films, or animated series, we certainly understand…
In a trademark dispute, having a big name sometimes guarantees a win, but only sometimes. When Katy Perry, the owner of five Billboard Music Awards and a judge on American Idol with 108 million followers on Twitter, held concerts in Australia in 2014 and 2018, she sold a lot of fashion products through retail and…