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)
