Our team will be attending to INTA Annual meeting in Singapore from May 16-20, 2023. Pursuant to these matters, we are more than happy to meet with our clients, friends, and colleagues.

We will also open an exhibition booth located in the Innovation Marketplace starting on May 17-19, 2023. Please come to meet us personally in Booth Number #P22!

You can also contact iprlaw@iprbor.com to schedule a meeting with our team.

The Central Jakarta Commercial Court granted Tong Shen Enterprise Co., Ltd's lawsuit to cancel PT Inti Jaya Lemindo's trademark registration. Tong Shen Enterprise Co., Ltd is the real owner of the G Glue trademark, known as Korean glue or devil glue.
In Indonesia, the Taiwanese company has granted a license to PT Putra Permata Majuperkasa since 2017 to use the trademarks of Tong Shen Enterprise Co., Ltd. One is a trademark with the G logo on glue production goods.

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The Applicant, Schweiger, Martin Rainer Gabriel, filed an application to register a word mark "STRONG BY CHOICE" in Class 25 of the Nice Classification in respect of "Shorts; T-shirts" (the "Application").
The Examiner invited the applicant to ensure the registrability of the trademark by providing

evidence that the trademark has acquired distinctiveness through use in connection with the goods for which registration is sought. But no such evidence was provided. Instead, the applicant requested a hearing to provide an opinion on the inherent distinctiveness of the Mark, and the Hearing was held before the IP Adjudicator.

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The FISHER-PRICE trademark dispute between the United States company Mattel, Inc. and a local businessman is rolling in the Central Jakarta District Court with case number 20/Pdt.Sus-HKI/Merek/2023/PN Niaga Jkt.Pst.
According to the plaintiff, the mark FISHERPRICE, Class 12, under Register No. IDM000764021 in the name of Defendant is substantially similar to the well-known mark FISHER-PRICE in the plaintiff's name for similar and non-similar goods.
Mattel, Inc. requested the panel of judges to declare the FISHERPRICE Mark, Class 12, under Registration No. IDM000764021 on behalf of Defendant to have similarity in its ssential part with the FISHER-PRICE Mark under Registration No. IDM000495798 in class 28 and the FISHER-PRICE & Painting mark under Registration No. IDM000435561 in class 28 on behalf of the plaintiff.

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PT Global Elektrik Nasional was sued by Risen Energy Co., Ltd at the Central Jakarta District Court. This case began when the RYZEN trademark under registration No. IDM000734276 on behalf of the Defendant has similarities in its essential part with the RISEN trademark owned by the Plaintiff.
One of the petitions submitted by Risen Energy Co., Ltd was to cancel the registration of the RYZEN mark under registration No. IDM000734276 in the name of the Defendant from the General Register of Marks, and further announce the cancellation of the registration of the mark in the Official Gazette of Marks.

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The Director of Intellectual Property Cooperation and Empowerment led the Indonesian delegation in discussing crucial issues in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - Intellectual Property Rights' Experts Group (APEC-IPEG) meeting in Palm Springs, California, United States on February 19-20, 2023.
The APEC-IPEG meeting was officially opened and led by the new APEC President who will lead the IPEG meeting for the next 2 years, Atty. Gen. Rowel S. Barba.

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DGIP represented Indonesia in the fourth round of Indonesia-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (ICA-CEPA) negotiations on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on February 20-23, 2023.
On the first day, the discussion focused on the regulations on the protection of Genetic Resources (GR), Traditional Knowledge (TP), and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE). In addition to these three issues, it was also discussed The Development of IP, IP and Public Health, and Technology Transfer.

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The Indonesian delegation through the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) attended a meeting with the Head of the Patent and Technology Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Thursday, 2 March 2023 in Geneva.
On this occasion, DGIP along with a team from WIPO discussed the TRIPS agreement.

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Director of Patents, Layout Design of Integrated Circuits and Trade Secrets, revealed that the increase in patent applications from domestic inventors almost reach 40% of all patent applications to the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in 2022.
Patent applications in the world will generally only increase 15-20 years after the patent system is built. Thankfully, our local patent applications have begun to experience a significant increase over the past few years, even reaching 39.6% in 2022.

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