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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CENTER PROVIDE SOCIALIZATION OF COLLECTIVE BRAND REGISTRATION FOR EMPING MELINJO PRODUCTS

(Bantul-Friday 21/05/2017) Intellectual Property Rights Center Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia (IPR Center FH UII) in collaboration with the Central of Business Services and Intellectual Property Management Department of Industry and Trade DIY held a meeting with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Group (UMKM) ) Emping Melinjo maker in Kepuh, Wirokerten Kec. Banguntapan, Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta at 15.30 WIB – Done. The meeting agenda with the theme of Socialization regarding Collective Mark Registration which was filled by the speaker, Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi SH, M. Hum expert on Intellectual Property Rights Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Indonesia.

As is known, the Kepuh area, Wirokerten is very well known as the Central of craftsmen or Emping Melinjo makers in Bantul Regency. The group of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (UMKM) that produces emping melinjo was established in 2012, but this business group does not yet have a Collective Mark and the business actors in that group still compete with one another and have their own trademarks. There are even emping mlinjo makers who do not yet have a brand for Emping Mlinjo.

In the socialization, Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi SH M.Hum gave direction and socialization regarding the importance of collective trademark registration for micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM) the process of collective trademark registration, the objectives and benefits of collective trademark registration. In his presentation, Budi also emphasized that the brand is a tool to differentiate one product from another, as well as a means to avoid unfair business competition.

In addition, the brand can also be used as a tool for promotion and to determine product quality. In other, the briefing regarding collective mark Budi also provides for the possibility of registering other types of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), including registration of industrial designs on product packaging, registration of inventions in the form of processes or methods of making chips using patents and so on.

On that occasion, Ahmadi as the leader of the group of entrepreneurs making emping melinjo asked several questions to the speakers regarding the registration of collective marks and hoped that the registration of collective marks could be implemented immediately in order to protect the collective mark for business actors and increase the selling price of emping melinjo. Because according to his narrative, in running a business, business actors are still competing and product management and testing have not been carried out properly and systematically.

At the moment, collective trademark registration has become a facilitation program from the Regional Government (PEMDA) in Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) through the Department of Industry and Trade (Disperindag) with the technical unit of the Center for Business Services and Intellectual Property Management. This program is expected to protect UMKM products collectively and foster product competitiveness collectively, Budi concluded in his presentation on the socialization of collective trademark registration (Renggi).

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IPR Center FH UII Successfully Registers Geographical Indications Coconut Sugar Kulon Progo

Kotabaru (21/02/2017) The development trade practices at this time has indeed entered the climate of increasingly fierce business competition, this condition creates the hardness of the tangent point competition in business so that it requires producers to always protect their business from unfair trading in practices and fraudulent behavior of other manufacturers. For this reason, one way to obtain protection for the typical product of a region is to register a Geographical Indication (GI) which is submitted to the Director General of Intellectual Property Rights so that it is recorded and given a certificate as proof of its rights.

 

1st ilustration. Geographical Indication Area of Coconut Sugar in Kulonprogo

As a typical product of a region, coconut sugar which consists of ant sugar and palm sugar has a very high selling potential. it is noted that this product has been exported to America, Canada and Europe, so it is fitting for this coconut sugar product made from coconut sap get legal protection. On this basis, MPIG Coconut Sugar Kulon Progo Jogja asked the IPR Center FH UII to accompaniment and assist in the registration process for IG Coconut Sugar in the Kulon Progo area, which is a typical product of the Kulon Progo region with very good quality.

According to the Regent of Kulon Progo, Dr. Hasto Wardoyo, Sp.OG, efforts to register geographical indicators of Kulon Progo coconut sugar are based on the awareness that Kulon Progo Coconut Sugar products have advantages and characteristics compared to other similar sugar products. Furthermore, he also hopes that by registering the geographical indication of Kulon Progo Coconut Sugar, Kulon Progo’s superior products can be legally protected and highly competitive.

On another occasion, the Director of the FH UII HKI Center Budi Agus Riswandi said that the FH UII HKI Center was committed to assisting and accompaniment the community and the government in protecting existing superior products through assistance in the registration of geographical indications. He also stated that the IPR FH UII Center is an institution that is quite experienced in assisting in the registration of geographical indications.

2nd illustration. IG Logo of Coconut Sugar in Kulonprogo

In 2015 Coconut Sugar Kulon Progo has succeeded in obtaining a certificate of protection of geographical indications from the Directorate General of Intelectual Property, Ministry of Law and Human Rights. This is one of the proofs that the IPR Center of the Faculty of Law UII has succeeded in providing assistance in terms of protecting geographical indications. (Dio)

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Comparative Study of IPR Management by LPPM UNPAR Team Bandung at the Center IPR FH UII

Kotabaru, (16/02/2017). The IPR Center FH UII has just received a visit from the LPPM Team of Parahiyangan University, Bandung. The visit of the UNPAR team was intended to conduct a comparative study related to the institutional and governance of IPR at Universitas Islam Indonesia . At the beginning of the meeting, LPPM UII team introduced the members who were present, then the IPR Center FH UII did the same.

After the introduction, the meeting between the LPPM UNPAR Team and the IPR Center FH UII continued. On this occasion, Mrs. Catherina Badra Nawangpalupi, Ph.D as Head of Institute of Research and Community Service as well as representing the LPPM UNPAR Team stated: “The IPR Center FH UII is seen in its development showing extraordinary progress compared to the Intellectual Property Center from other universities. ” Furthermore, he also stated: “Many evidences of the success of the IPR Center FH UII have been submitted to the public related to the management of IPR.”

In line with what has been conveyed by the LPPM UNPAR team, the Executive Director of the IPR Center, Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M.Hum stated on his welcome speech to the presence of the LPPM UNPAR team and was ready to open up to share and cooperate with each other in terms of institutional strengthening of IPR which is planned to be established at LPPM UNPAR. Furthermore, Budi stated: ‘that the IPR Center FH UII is structurally under the Faculty of Law UII, but functionally it always supports the IPR management efforts both within the UII and outside the UII. According to him, the key to success is the IPR center FH UII managed with a passion for serving and building UII to become better institutions.”

At the end of the meeting, the LPPM UNPAR Team and the IPR Center FH UII committed to each other to collaborate in the future in order to advance the management of IPR in these two universities. The cooperation can be done in the form of assistance, program collaboration, and other institutional programs. The exchange of mementos was the closing event of the comparative study meeting held by the LPPM UNPAR Team (Budi).

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IPR Center FH UII Accompanies Geographical Indication Registration “Mete Gunung Sewu”

Kotabaru (21/01/2017) Cashew nut or “mete” is a food product that has a very potential market in the world, based on record the cashew rotation is around 88,000 tons per year. Indonesia as one of the cashew producers has a big contribution to distribute of cashew, in 1997 Indonesia was able to produce 29,666 tons of cashew logs worth USD 19,151,503. The real unique name of the cashew nut as the forerunner of the cashew is that it can only bear good fruit on barren plains. However, this is the hidden wisdom behind the aridity of some dry areas such as West Nusa Tenggara, Central Sulawesi, Wonogiri and Gunung Kidul, Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY).

In DIY, cashew is one of the commodities produced and cultivated by several areas in Gunung Sewu consisting of; Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. Gunung Sewu. Cashew has its own characteristics and speciallity, which consist of physical characteristic with a smooth glossy white color and a hard texture, a crunchy, sweet and savory taste, as well as a distinctive chemical content because it has a causal relationship between the geographical environment and human treatment. Thus, it is fitting that the Gunung Sewu Cashew should receive protection from the aspect of Intellectual Property Rights in the form of Geographical Indications (GI)

1st Illustration area of Mete Gunung Sewu

On the basis of this potential, several community formed the Gunung Sewu Cashew Geographical Indication Protection Society (Masyarakat Perlindungan Indikasi Geografis /MPIG) which is now chaired by Sudarto. The establishment of the institution began in 2014 and was facilitated by the Gunung Kidul Forestry and Plantation Service, the DIY Plantation Service and the Wonogiri Regency Plantation Service with the purpose to obtain the geographic indication protection for the “Mete Gunung Sewu”.

The IPR Center Faculty of Law UII has been asked by MPIG Mete Gunung Sewu to prepare everything related to the requirements for GI registration and carry out monitoring activities for the registration of GI at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights, this certification is expected so that legal rules can guarantee and protect the rights of the people of Gunung Sewu. Moreover, Mete Gunung Sewu is one of the cashew suppliers from Indonesia which has a large market in the international cashew trade.

According to Budi Agus Riswandi, as consultant of IPR registered and also as the Executive Director of the IPR FH UII Center, the application for registration of the geographical indication of the Mete Gunung Sewu is carried out through the preparation, registration and monitoring stages of the registration process, and issuance of certificates. According to him, currently the registration of the Gunung Sewu cashew is entering the registration stage. According to the Forestry and Plantation Service, Ibu Budi, it is hoped that in 2017 the registration process for the geographical indication of the Gunung Sewu cashew can be completed immediately.

2nd illustration Logo Georapical Indication of Mete Gunung Sewu

In the end, by accompaniment in the registration geographical indication of the Mete Gunung Sewu, the IPR Center FH UII was able to provide assistance for the geographical indication of seven superior products. Cashew Gunung Sewu is the seventh product that is assisted for registration of geographical indications (Dio)