A trademark dispute has arisen between the Japanese company and a local importer related to koi fish rearing over the use of the mark "HI-SILK21 KENKOKANRI" in class 31 for the goods fish food.

The Japanese company as a Plaintiff, has filed a petition seeking several remedies, including the grant of their entire claim, a declaration of their first registration and rightful ownership of the mark and its variants worldwide, and the recognition of the mark as a well-known mark. The Plaintiff alleges that the mark owned by the Defendant is having similarity in its essential part and/or in whole to their well-known mark and its variants.

They further claim that the registration of the mark by the Defendant was filed in bad faith.

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The storage battery trademark dispute currently under trial at the Central Jakarta District Court involves a company from India that manufactures lead and electric storage batteries, which is the plaintiff, and a local businessman, who is the defendant.

Pursuant to this matter, the Indian company filed a cancellation lawsuit against the said local businessman in the District Court of Central Jakarta under case number 117/Pdt.Sus-HKI/Merek/2023/PN Niaga Jkt.Pst.

The plaintiff is seeking to establish their ownership and first use of the SF SONIC trademark, as well as its recognition as a well-known trademark.

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In a recent decision, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) ruled in favour of Green Radar, an IT security firm, allowing them to register the trademark "grMail" (Trademark No. 40202109944T) for their services under class 42 and class 45.

This comes after tech giant Google filed an opposition against the mark, citing potential confusion with their own established trademark "Gmail".

The case centered around whether "grMail" was confusingly similar to "Gmail" and could potentially dilute the distinctiveness of Google's brand.

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Secretary of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property held a meeting with Deputy Director General for Regional and National Development Sectors of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to discuss the follow-up to the establishment of the Indonesia IP Academy in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday, February 2, 2024.

On this occasion, he conveyed the preparations that had been planned and implemented by DGIP regarding the establishment of the Indonesia IP Academy, especially regarding management support and infrastructure.

Furthermore, he also conveyed several work plans for 2024 which had been prepared together at the WIPO office over the last five days, one of which was training activities delivered by the Indonesian Intellectual Property Training Institution (IPTI) with the WIPO Academy.

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The Indonesian delegation represented by the Director of Patents, Integrated Circuit Layout Design (DTLST), and Trade Secrets of DGIP attended the 17th Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Meeting Working Group held at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, February 20 2024.

"At this 17th meeting several agendas were discussed including Technical Assistance Under the PCT, PCT Online Services, Filing Medium of International Applications and Related Documents, Legal Measures to Support Electronic Processing, Personal Data Protection and the PCT, and several issues related to the implementation of the PCT," he said.

He added that at this meeting a sharing session was also held by several PCT member countries regarding experiences in implementing the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). Then, on the sidelines of the series of meetings, a sharing session was also held related to the Relationship between Patent Cooperation Treaty and Patent Law Treaty (PLT).

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Director of Cooperation and Education of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property participated in discussing crucial issues in the field of Intellectual Property at the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - Intellectual Property Rights' Experts Group (APEC-IPEG) meeting 58 in Lima, Peru from February 25 to March 1, 2024.

At the meeting, she conveyed the latest developments regarding the geographical indication (IG) protection policy in Indonesia, developments in the revision of the Industrial Design Law and Indonesia's strategy to support small and medium businesses. On this occasion, it was also conveyed about the successful implementation of the DGIP flagship program in 2023 and introducing the DGIP flagship program in 2024.

She also explained the development of the Draft Industrial Design Law where it will increase the effectiveness of implementing the industrial design system, strengthen the Industrial Design Law, and align regulations with international developments in the field of industrial design.

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