Committees for property rights bids
Committees for property rights bids
JAKARTA (JP): The government has set up two committees to
examine appeals filed by applicants whose requests for patents
and trademarks of their products have been rejected by the
directorate general of intellectual property rights of the
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, an official said on
Saturday.
Director-general of Intellectual Property Rights A. Zen Umar
Purba said in a statement that the two committees were the
Committee for Appeal on Patent Rights application and the
Committee for Appeal on Trademark Rights application.
Purba said the two committees would start working since their
members were installed by Minister of Justice and Human Rights
Yusril Ihza Mahendra earlier on Saturday.
"Their work is to observe the appeals filed by the applicants
for patent rights and trademark rights and to review the decision
by the directorate general of intellectual property rights which
rejected their applications," Purba said in the statement, copies
of which was made available to the media on Saturday.
The Committee for Appeal on Patent Rights applications is
chaired by Wiranto Arismunandar, former minister of education and
culture. He will be assisted by deputy chairman Goeswin Agoes and
members: Soegijardjo Soegijoko, Tati Latifah E.R. Mengko, J.H.
Simanjuntak and Ita Gambiro.
The Committee for Appeal on Trademark Rights is led by former
justice J. Djohansjah, who will be assisted by deputy chairman H.
Robinson Saragih and members: Agustiar Anwar, Wiratmo Dianggoro
and Ismuantoro.
The establishment of both committees was stipulated in the Law
No. 13/1997 on Patent Rights and the Law No. 14/1997 on
Trademark.
The statement also announced that starting from Jan. 1, 2001,
the public can submit their applications for copyrights, patent
rights and trademarks to all regional offices of the directorate
general.
The rights of the applicants will be automatically protected
starting from the date they file their applications, Purba said.
He said the regional offices are also authorized to locally
register the trademarks which have been registered overseas.
(bby)