World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) explains that Intellectual Property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.
Refer to the legal concept of IP, Wikipedia in its website describe that IP is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property rights include copyright, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and in some jurisdictions trade secrets.
Meanwhile, related to the use of IPR, Director General of Intellectual Property Rights in his speech said that Indonesia’s and worlds economic growth is supported by intellectual property innovation investment that is always growing and evolving as the commercialization of the intellectual property rights. Therefore, the intellectual work of the nation are expected to always be able to grow and develop and can be harmonized with the intellectual property of other nations.
Our office tries to contribute in facilitating the development of IP in Indonesia. Through the services we provide, we believe that the appreciation of the people of Indonesia to the intellectual property rights will increase and in line with the expectation of director-general of the intellectual property rights that the commercialization of intellectual property rights can improve the quality of economic growth in Indonesia.