Registration for patent and trademarks costly<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Procedures for registering patents and trade
\nmarks in Indonesia are drawn-out and expensive, hampering the
\ndevelopment of industry and the growth of exports, a former
\ndirector general said yesterday.<\/p>\n
"The process of acquiring a patent can take two or three years
\nin two steps, consisting of administrative and substantive
\nexaminations," a former director general of copyrights, patents
\nand trade marks, Nico Kansil, told a seminar here.<\/p>\n
The one-day seminar on industrial product design, held by the
\nfoundation of handicraft design development at the National
\nMuseum, was attended by about 100 designers and craftspeople. The
\nmeeting was opened by Minister of Cooperatives and Small
\nEnterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya.<\/p>\n
Nico said that a patent can be obtained for a newly-invented
\nproduct capable of mechanized production.<\/p>\n
Nico told the seminar that he retired from his position on
\nSept. 1. A public relations officer at his office said that no
\none had yet been installed as the new director general.<\/p>\n
An official at the patent office in Tangerang told The Jakarta
\nPost yesterday that there are two kinds of patents in Indonesia:
\nordinary and simple.<\/p>\n
He said that the fee for administrative examination of an
\nordinary patent is Rp 200,000 (US$88), while for the simple
\ncategory the fee is Rp 400,000. The fee for the substantive
\nexamination is Rp 750,000 for both categories.<\/p>\n
"All fees are paid at a nearby appointed bank in Tangerang,"
\nsaid the official, who requested anonymity.<\/p>\n
Another official at the trade mark office said that
\nregistering a new trade mark costs Rp 300,000 and takes 16 months
\nand 14 days, while registering a copyright costs Rp 7,500 and
\ntakes six months.<\/p>\n
Nico suggested that Indonesian handicrafts designers register
\ntheir brand names at the trade mark office before selling their
\nproducts either domestically or on overseas markets.<\/p>\n
He said the government and the House of Representatives are
\nnow formulating a new law on industrial product design, part of
\nwhich will be adopted from an international law on industrial
\ndesigns. (kod)<\/p>",
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