Indonesia Presents Intellectual Property System Updates at WIPO

Director General of Intellectual Property Hermansyah Siregar, representing the Indonesian Government, presented the direction of national intellectual property (IP) system reforms at the 68th General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, held from 7 to 15 July 2026. The forum also served as a platform to raise the issue of strengthening digital royalty governance. Hermansyah explained that the reform of the national IP system places digital transformation at the core of IP management. This step is supported by the new Patent Law, as well as revisions to the Industrial Design Law and the Copyright Law. The reforms aim to deliver IP services that are faster, more inclusive, transparent, and easily accessible. Digital transformation, Hermansyah stated, is a crucial part of strengthening IP services to meet the needs of innovators, creators, businesses, and the public amidst technological developments. “Indonesia places digital transformation as the foundation of IP management. Our goal is to deliver IP services that are faster, more inclusive, more transparent, and more easily accessible through regulatory updates, the utilisation of digital technology, and WIPO’s global IP infrastructure,” Hermansyah said in his statement at WIPO Headquarters on Wednesday, 8 July 2026. Additionally, Indonesia submitted a proposal regarding royalty governance in the digital environment. According to Hermansyah, the proposal aims to improve transparency, accountability, interoperability, and cooperation in the management of digital copyright royalties. “Indonesia’s proposal on royalty governance in the digital environment is not intended to create new rights, but rather to enhance transparency, accountability, interoperability, and cooperation in the management of digital copyright royalties,” Hermansyah said. Discussion of the proposal will be continued within the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Indonesia also plans to organise a Global Forum on Royalty Governance involving WIPO member states and stakeholders to strengthen collaboration in digital royalty governance. In its national statement, Indonesia also stressed the importance of the Development Agenda being an integrated part of discussions across all WIPO bodies and committees. Indonesia expressed appreciation for WIPO’s support in developing IP commercialisation, empowering micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), strengthening geographical indications, and enhancing institutional capacity to support the national innovation ecosystem.