New Principal Officers at the DGIPR

Jakarta, Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Minister of Law and Human Rights, Mr. Patrialis Akbar, inaugurated four principal officers of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (DGIPR) at the headquarters of Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Jakarta. The principal officers included:

1. Mr. Arry Ardanta Sigit as Director of Information Technology, replacing Mr. Freddy Harris, who is also at the same time inaugurated as Executive Secretary of the Directorate General of Administration of General Laws;
   
2. Mr. Sumardi Partoredjo as Director of Copyright, Industrial Design, Layout Design of Integrated Circuit, and Trade Secret, replacing Mr. Arry Ardanta Sigit;
   
3. Mr. I Nengah Mahardika as Executive Secretary of DGIPR, replacing Mr. Sumardi Partoredjo; and
4. Mr. Mohammad Adri as Director of Cooperation and Development, replacing Mr. Ansori Sinungan who is entering his retirement.

The other two principal officers remain in their position. They are Mr. Razilu as Director of Patents and Mrs. Herdwiyatmi as Director of Trademark.

Priority on IP by Minister Patrialis Akbar

Minister of Law and Human Rights, Mr Patrialis Akbar, included intellectual property as one of his priorities in his first 100 day program. The program on IP focused on the completion of backlogs of applications. He targeted that during the 100 day period:

• 1500 applications in the field of copyright will be granted a final decision whether an application for recordal of a work can be appoved or refused;
• 1000 applications in the field of industrial design will be granted a final decision whether an application for registration of an industrial design can be approved or refused;
• 1250 applications in the field of patents will be granted a final decision whether an application of patent can be granted or refused; and
• 15000 applications for registration or trademark will be granted a final decision whether a registration for registration of trademark can be approved or refused.

From the evaluation of the program, after only three weeks the DGIPR has completed about 35% of the target.

Publication of IIPD (3rd Edition)

In the effort to contribute to the promotion of the Indonesian intellectual property system to the international community, in 2006 I published the first edition of a book with a title "Indonesian Intellectual Property Directory - IIPD". The second edition and a special edition of IIPD were published in 2008. IIPD has so far been the most complete reference (in the English language) about intellectual property system in Indonesia. It contains a lot of information, from laws to statistics, which is needed by foreign stakeholders who want to know how intellectual property system operates and develops in Indonesia.




The publication of IIPD is mainly aimed for non commercial purposes. The books were distributed for free to various stakeholders both in Indonesia as well as overseas. In Indonesia, they were sent to foreign embassies, international organizations, chambers of commerce, ministers, universities and other IP related organizations and associations. For the international community, the books were sent to IP offices including WIPO, WTO, APEC Secretariat, ASEAN Secretariat, and other international organizations. They were also sent to the Indonesian embassies throughout the world (with the courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta).

The third edition of IIPD is now being finalized and will be released before the end of 2009. The book will be updated with a lot of information about intellectual property in Indonesia in the last one year.

For those who are interested to support and contribute to the publication of IIPD (third edition) please contact me at yasmon2005@yahoo.com

Awards of Outstanding Intellectual Property 2009

In the effort to create a culture within the society which produces and respects intellectual properties, creativity and innovations as well as to improve the competitive power of the country, the National Task Force of Intellectual Property Rights ("NTF IPR"), as a follow-up of the direction from the President, had decided to give awards to creators, inventors, innovators or producers of intellectual properties which are considered excellent and very useful for the country's advancement.

The competition or selection for best / outstanding achievements in intellectual property was held in good cooperation by Ministry of National Education, State Ministry for Research and Technology, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Agriculture.

The awards were given for four categories, i.e.

1. Industrial products / technologies protected by Patent;
2. Innovation on Plant Varieties protected by New Plant Variety Right;
3. Scientific works protected by Copyright; and
4. Creative Industries protected by Copyright.

The celebration and presentation of awards was held on October 2, 2009 at Grand Hyatt Hotel Jakarta. This special event was Minister of National Educations, State Minister for Research and Technology, Minister of Law and Human Rights, Minister of Trade, Minister of Agriculture, foreign ambassadors, and representatives from various IP-related organizations and associations including rectors from state and private universities.

Twenty one outstanding inventors and innovators received the Award of Outstanding Intellectual Property 2009 ("Anugerah Kekayaan Intelektual Luar Biasa - AKIL 2009"). Each of them received certificate, trophy and cash money in the amount of Rp. 250.000.000,- (two hundred and fifty million rupiahs).

Source: DGIPR