WIPO Sub-regional Roundtable in Bandung

World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") in cooperation with the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights ("DGIPR") of Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, and Japan Copyright Office ("JCO") held A Roundtable on Management of Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights in the Advertising Industry on March 17 and 18, 2010 in the capital city of West Java Province, Bandung.

The Roundtable was attended by delegates from 12 countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Si Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam) and local participants from Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung. The speakers included Mr Tomoyuki Aosaki (Producer, Social Projects Planning Division, Densu Inc., Tokyo), Mr Candra Darusman (Deputy Director, WIPO Office in Singapore), Mr Gordon Smith (President, AUS Consultants, New Jersey), Mr. Michael CM Soo, Head of IP and IT Department, Shook Lin & Bok, Kuala Lumpur, and Mr Ricky Pesik (General Secretary, Indonesian Advertising Industry, Jakarta).

The Director General of the DGIPR, Mr Andy N Sommeng, officially opened the roundtable which was held in Hotel Aston Tropicana Bandung.

In that occasion, the DGIPR also organized a visit for foreign delegates to Sawung Udjo which is the famous art center for Sundanese traditional cultures, especially Angklung musical instruments.

Signing of MoU on IP Cooperation

Jakarta, 24 February 2010


In the framework of strengthening the awareness and utilization of intellectual property rights (IPRs) system, three ministers i.e. Minister of Law and Human Rights Patrialis Akbar, Minister of Research and Technology Suharna Supranata, and Deputy Minister of National Education Fasli Jalal, signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding Intellectual Property-based Innovations on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 at the headquarters of Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

In the same occasion, the ministers also witnessed the signing of cooperation agreement on intellectual property between the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (DGIPR) and six universities (Universitas Diponegoro Semarang, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung, Universitas Muhammadyah Jakarta, Universitas Muhammadyah Malang and Universitas Trisakti Jakarta).

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.