By: Iman Sjahputra SH, SpN, LL.M The conflict between the Institute of Indonesian Copyright (YKCI) and the Association of the Indonesian Recording Industry (ASIRI) seems yet to finish. Why is that?  Because both parties are...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra SH, SpN, LL.M Actually the Law No. 19 Year 2002 on the Copyright has brought fresh wind on the copyright protection in Indonesia. But, is it the law equipped with proper tools? So that this country shall no...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra SH, SpN, LL.H The unfair competitions between the businessmen related to infringement and copying of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are common cases. One real example is the copying of the famous mark...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra SH, SpN, LL.H Until today the common societies still confuse on the definition or term in IPR (Intellectual Property Rights). Even, the legal enforcers are still confused with the interpretation about the meaning...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra SH, SpN, LL.M Every entity in any field for sure has a name. The choice and use of the trade name has become a custom and it is not a compulsory because of government regulations. Every businessman always gives a...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra SH, SpN, LL.M *) Based on the history of mark, it can be said that in the beginning mark was used only as the ownership symbol. But as time goes by, in this modern era the using of mark is being more developed....

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra, SH, Sp.N,LL. We indeed often hear the terms of mark and famous mark. For some people, a trademark is much correlated with the pride and social status. For such person a mark may be cannot be separated with their...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra, SH, Sp.N,LL.M*) Beside is still being called as the hijacker country, it is not a new if Indonesia is often loss its rights on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The lost of the IPR ownership is caused by the...

By: Info Quality Magazine*) Some time ago, Info Quality got the chance to meet one advocate with the specialization in handling the Intellectual Property Rights matters, Iman Sjahputra, SH, Sp.N, LL.M, in Jakarta. In such meeting, Info...

By: Dr. Iman Sjahputra, SH, Sp.N, LL.M *) Not all of trademarks are registrable. That is the doctrine. If a businessman asks which trademark is registrable and which is not, then the provisions within the Law No. 15 Year 2001...