Minister of Law Promises AI-Powered Trademark Registration Faster Than Thailand
Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas has revealed his ministry’s target to cut the trademark registration process in Indonesia to just 30 days. This move aims to close the gap in bureaucratic service speed with neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand.
The statement was made by Supratman while directly responding to the aspirations of the Chairperson of the Indonesian Intellectual Property Consultants Association (AKHKI), Dwi Anita Daruherdani, during the second open dialogue forum titled “Pasti Ada Solusi” held in Jakarta on Friday (12/6).
During the forum, AKHKI Chairperson Dwi Anita Daruherdani conveyed that her organisation had received numerous questions and complaints from its members regarding operational obstacles in the field. Given the limited duration of the event, Anita requested the Minister’s willingness to hold a special formal meeting at a later date.
Responding to this, Supratman immediately affirmed his commitment to carrying out fundamental improvements to the regulatory system. To cut through bureaucratic red tape, the Ministry of Law is accelerating the draft revision of the Trademark Law so that it can be passed by parliament this year.
“Our draft law, based on the Job Creation Law, currently stipulates a six-month timeframe. I have requested a revision of the Trademark Law. Never mind six months, never mind three and a half months, the Ministry of Law’s commitment is to complete trademark registration in just 30 days! That is our goal,” said Supratman.
To realise the reduction in processing time from six months to one month, Supratman confirmed that the Ministry of Law will integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology into the operational system of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI).
The AI technology will subsequently oversee the substantive examination process of application files in parallel. This massive digitalisation effort is claimed to be capable of minimising the subjectivity of manual assessments and boosting the capacity for file resolution per day.
Supratman requested support from all consultant associations and the public so that the ministry can consistently implement transparency and strengthen the resilience of the national data system to provide fair legal protection for all Indonesian citizens.
“This is the effort we are building together with colleagues at the Ministry of Law, especially the Directorate General of Intellectual Property and General Legal Administration, through digitalisation. Once again, with the leadership of the Echelon 1 officials, the Secretary-General as the Head of the Digital Transformation Task Force, and all IT directors in each Echelon 1 unit, this is what we are aiming for,” he concluded.