Indonesia Makes Music Copyright Recordal Free
Free Recordal of Songs and Music under PP 30/2026 Since 1 August 2026, the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) has charged no government fee to record copyright in songs and music. Peraturan Pemerintah (PP) No. 30 of 2026 cut the government fee for copyright recordal in Indonesia of musical works to zero. Fees for […]
Indonesia Rewrites Its Consumer Protection Law
What the Consumer Protection Bill Means for Brand Owners, and Why Enforcement Still Runs Through the Trademark Law Komisi VI of the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) is preparing a bill to replace Law No. 8 of 1999 on Consumer Protection. It has governed business-to-consumer dealings for 27 years. The chair of the working committee drafting […]
Jakarta IP Market 2026
What the Event Signals for the Creative Economy and the IP Groundwork for Global Growth Indonesia’s creative sector has an opportunity to strengthen commercialisation, and Jakarta is working to address it. The Jakarta IP Market (JIPM) 2026, a business marketplace for intellectual property (IP), ran recently in Jakarta. In its second year, it shifted from […]
SKC Law in Hukumonline’s Practice Leaders
Elite One recognition in Intellectual Property and Criminal Law SKC Law has again been recognised by Hukumonline. As an Indonesian IP law firm brands rely on for prosecution, enforcement, and litigation, the firm earned Elite One placement for both Intellectual Property and Criminal Law. The recognition comes in the Practice Leaders and Top 100 Indonesian […]
What Due Diligence Reveals About Your IP
What Intellectual Property Due Diligence Uncovers in Indonesian Deals When a company is sold, raises investment, or is acquired in Indonesia, the lawyers read its intellectual property against the register. They read it the way an auditor reads the accounts: line by line. This is intellectual property due diligence. It tests a brand, a patent, […]
SKC Law welcomes Gunawan Suryomurcito
Please join us in welcoming Bapak Gunawan Suryomurcito, who joins SKC Law as Partner on 1 September 2026! Gunawan Suryomurcito’s Career in Indonesian IP Bapak Gunawan began his career in intellectual property at Oei Tat Hway Patents & Trade Marks. He spent nine years there, by the end of which he had taken charge of […]
A Look into Indonesia’s AI Roadmap
What the National AI Roadmap Means for Intellectual Property Last year, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs of Indonesia (Komdigi) published Indonesia’s National AI Roadmap and a draft of the Guidelines on AI Ethics. Both are meant to anchor a forthcoming Presidential Regulation. Together they set the country’s direction on artificial intelligence. Yet neither […]
Indonesia Blocks More Than 1,000 Piracy Sites
What Indonesia’s Stronger IP Enforcement Means for Rights Holders Indonesia has stepped up IP enforcement against online piracy. Its Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) blocked 1,004 websites distributing pirated content between 1 January 2025 and 11 May 2026. Those sites carried pirated films and television, digital books, webtoons and comics, and unauthorised broadcasts. These […]
Trademark Cancelled based on Well-Known Mark
Zippo Successfully Cancells a Look-Alike Mark in the Commercial and Supreme Courts Zippo Manufacturing Company instructed SKC Law to cancel a look-alike trademark registration in Class 34, the class that covers its lighters. This trademark litigation in Indonesia was brought against PT Mega Lighterindo Internusa, an Indonesian company with no connection to Zippo, which had […]
