Jakarta to host copyright seminar

Jakarta to host copyright seminar

JAKARTA: Delegates from 23 Asia and Pacific countries are to attend a seminar here later this month to discuss strategies and policies for the protection of intellectual property rights, a senior official said.

Abdul Bari Azed, the director general of intellectual property rights at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, said the seminar would focus on exchanging information, experiences, and comparative studies of the various countries' efforts to curb copyright piracy.

"We hope we can build coordination in law enforcement at both the national and international levels to fight the piracy of intellectual property rights as this is categorized as a transnational crime," he said.

Titled the Asia Pacific Regional Symposium on the Protection and Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights, the event will take place from Jan. 27 to Jan. 29.

Bari added that the seminar would also feature experts from Indonesia, Australia, Hungary, India, Japan and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). --JP