Committees for property rights bids<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has set up two committees to
\nexamine appeals filed by applicants whose requests for patents
\nand trademarks of their products have been rejected by the
\ndirectorate general of intellectual property rights of the
\nMinistry of Justice and Human Rights, an official said on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Director-general of Intellectual Property Rights A. Zen Umar
\nPurba said in a statement that the two committees were the
\nCommittee for Appeal on Patent Rights application and the
\nCommittee for Appeal on Trademark Rights application.<\/p>\n
Purba said the two committees would start working since their
\nmembers were installed by Minister of Justice and Human Rights
\nYusril Ihza Mahendra earlier on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\"Their work is to observe the appeals filed by the applicants
\nfor patent rights and trademark rights and to review the decision
\nby the directorate general of intellectual property rights which
\nrejected their applications,\" Purba said in the statement, copies
\nof which was made available to the media on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Committee for Appeal on Patent Rights applications is
\nchaired by Wiranto Arismunandar, former minister of education and
\nculture. He will be assisted by deputy chairman Goeswin Agoes and
\nmembers: Soegijardjo Soegijoko, Tati Latifah E.R. Mengko, J.H.
\nSimanjuntak and Ita Gambiro.<\/p>\n
The Committee for Appeal on Trademark Rights is led by former
\njustice J. Djohansjah, who will be assisted by deputy chairman H.
\nRobinson Saragih and members: Agustiar Anwar, Wiratmo Dianggoro
\nand Ismuantoro.<\/p>\n
The establishment of both committees was stipulated in the Law
\nNo. 13\/1997 on Patent Rights and the Law No. 14\/1997 on
\nTrademark.<\/p>\n
The statement also announced that starting from Jan. 1, 2001,
\nthe public can submit their applications for copyrights, patent
\nrights and trademarks to all regional offices of the directorate
\ngeneral.<\/p>\n
The rights of the applicants will be automatically protected
\nstarting from the date they file their applications, Purba said.<\/p>\n
He said the regional offices are also authorized to locally
\nregister the trademarks which have been registered overseas.
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