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Official Name: Republic of Indonesia
Land Area: 1,9 million sq km (over 13,000 islands)
Capital: Jakarta with about 9 million inhabitants
Population:
 Approximately 210 million, more than 30 major ethnic groups; minorities: Chinese (approx. 4 million), Indians, Arabs, Melanesians
Languages: Bahasa Indonesian
System of government: Presidential republic; Government is not directly dependent on the confidence of Parliament.
Head of State & Goverment: Megawati Soekarnoputri, President of the Republic of
Indonesia
Gross Domestic Product: USD 758.1 billion
Per-capita Income: USD 880
Annual Growth: +4 %
Inflation: + 6.9%
Currency: Rupiah (IRP)
Major Industries: Oil, gas, textiles, timber, coffee, rubber, coal, tin, copper, rice, pepper, palm oil
Major Trading Partners: Singapore, China,South Korea, Australia
General
Indonesia has a strategic location between two continents (Asia and Australia), between two oceans (Indian and Pacific), and on the traditional marine traffics between West and East. This ensures its important roles in the ever-developing main global economic growth center.
The archipelago lies on tropical zone of Southeast Asia. The equator passes through the islands of Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Halmahera. Stretching along the equator of about 8,000 km long, Indonesia is recognized as the greatest maritime country in the world.
Indonesia have 17,508 big and small islands, of which only about 6,000 are inhabited. Five main islands and 30 smaller island groups are home to the majority of the population. The main islands are Sumatra, Java/Madura which is home to about 70% of the country’s population, Kalimantan and Sulawesi, Papua, the world’s second largest island.
The five main cities are Jakarta, the capital of the Republic of Indonesia located on the North West Coast Java, is the government an economic center of Indonesia, Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, located in East Java, is leading industrial center port, Bandung, located in West Java, is the third largest city about 180 kilometers southeast of Jakarta..


Economy
Indonesia's economic system combines market-economy structures with certain central planning elements. With a few exceptions, individuals and private companies can participate in economic life. The state holds the monopoly in several "core sectors" (such as crude oil/natural gas or electricity supply and distribution), and state companies compete with the private sector in other areas (mining, fertilizers, air traffic, palm oil).
Although Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the Asian financial and economic crisis, it has now overcome the immediate consequences. Following a GDP decrease of nearly 14% in 1998, the economy is now on the rise again. Although the expected impetus for growth again failed to materialize in 2002 (3.5% compared with 3.3% in 2001), the Indonesian economy has proved relatively resilient to negative influences, whether external (world economic situation) or internal (terrorist bombing on Bali).
Like last year, growth has mainly been induced by domestic consumption. The export sector recovered with growth of 7.3% from January to June 2003. Investment activity decreased further. Sectors fuelling growth include telecommunications, energy production/fuel and mining. Agriculture still has not been much of a growth sector.
One decisive element of Indonesia's sustained economic recovery is the establishment of an efficient, dynamic private sector. A large part of the non-monetary sector is still controlled by the state, with its numerous state enterprises and companies (or shares therein) controlled by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA). Companies (or shares) held by IBRA were assigned to the state by their former private owners (mainly large conglomerates) in return for the granting of loans to maintain liquidity and the assumption of liabilities of the over-indebted conglomerate-owned banks (approx. USD 80 billion) during the financial crisis. The state's attempts to rescue private companies led to a dramatic increase in public debt. The IBRA will complete the sale of these assets by early 2004. With its progress on selling off companies and shares the IBRA is not only making an urgently required contribution to the revitalization of the Indonesian business sector but is also helping to control the budget deficit.


A.Patent Law
If the owner of an invention wants to prevent others from using, copying or making the invention without his consent he shall apply for patent protection.
In Indonesia there are two kinds of patents: simple patents and regular ones. A simple patent shall only be granted for one invention.Based on Law of The Republic of Indonesia Number 14 Year 2001 Regarding PATENT, Patent shall mean an exclusive right granted by the State to an Inventor for his Invention in the field of technology, for a certain time, to exploit his Invention or to authorize another person to exploit it.[Article 1 (1)]

1. Filing Requirements
A patent shall be granted on the basis of an written application in Indonesian Language which shall be filed with the payment of a fee to the Directorate General.
The application form must contain:
• the date, month and year of application;
• full address of the applicant;
• full name and nationality of the inventor and the proxy where the application   is filed by a proxy;
• a special Power of Attorney, where the application is filed by a proxy; and
• title, claim and description of the invention. 

The application may be filed by the applicant or through a proxy which is a consultant of intellectual property rights and has been registered at the Directorate General.
An application can also be filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

2. Special Requirements
In case the application was written in English, the description shall be furnished with its translation in the Indonesian Language which must be lodged at least 30 days from the filing date.

3. Examination
In general, when all formal requirements, search and examination reports and fees are completed the grant will be issued. This process approximately takes up to […?] months for a general patent and […] months for a simple patent.
The Directorate general will then announce the application in the Official Patent Gazette and/or on a special announcement board provided exclusively for this purpose by the Directorate General which can be easily seen by the public.

 4. Duration / Renewal
A patent shall be granted for a period of 20 years, which cannot be extended, commencing from the filing date.
A simple patent shall be granted for a period of ten years, which also cannot be extended, commencing from the filing date.

5. Recording of Licences and Assignments
Each licensing agreement and each assignment shall be recorded and announced with the payment of a fee.
Where a licensing agreement is not recorded at the Directorate General it will not have legal effects on a third party.

6. Fees
A patent in Indonesia shall be deemed null and void if the patent holder does not fulfil his obligation to pay the annual fees.
The payment of the first annual fee shall be made at latest one year from the date of grant of the patent.

See also:  http://www.dgip.go.id/article/articleview/120/1/31/

7. Classification
Indonesia uses International Classification.

8. Member of Treaties
Indonesia is a member of the Paris Convention the WTO/TRIPs and the Trademark Law Treaty

B.Trademark Law
Based on Law of The Republic of Indonesia Number 15 Year 2001 Regarding MARKS:

Mark shall mean a sign in the form of a picture, name, word, letters, figures, composition of colours, or a combination of said elements, having distinguishing features and used in the activities of trade in goods or services. [Article 1 (1)]

1. Filing Requirements
To obtain a trademark right, one may submit an application with the [...].
This application shall contain the following:
• full name, address and nationality of applicant;
• a legalised Power of Attorney;
• a declaration of ownership;
• 30 reproductions of the mark;
• a description of colors, if used and 30 prints of the mark; and
• a description of the goods or services

2. International Classification
Indonesia uses International Classification.

3. Special Requirements
All documents shall be translated into Indonesian language.

4. Examination
The current average wait for examination is nine months. The acceptance of the mark will be published 10 days after allowance in Trademark Journal A for three months.

5. Duration / Renewal
The maximum term for a trademark in Indonesia is generally two times 10 years. If an owner of a registered trademark wants to renew his rights after the first ten years he has to pay renewal fees and file an renewal application within 12 months before the expiry date. Besides this he has to provide Consulate-proof evidence of use of the trademark, a Power of Attorney and a legalised declaration of ownership endorsed by the Indonesian Embassy.

6. Recording of Licences and Assignments
In Indonesia both the recording of licenses and assignments are compulsory.
If one fails to record the aforesaid the agreement will not be binding against 3rd parties.

For the recording of assignment a Power of Attorney, a declaration of ownership and a deed of the assignment attested by a notary public and legalised by the Indonesian Embassy or the nearest Consulate is required.

7. Member of Treaties
Indonesia is a member of the Paris Convention the WTO/TRIPs and the Trademark Law Treaty.

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