Jakarta Protocol: Global Royalty Transparency
The Jakarta Protocol Progressing Toward Indonesian Law Indonesia’s proposed “Jakarta Protocol” has progressed from concept to legislative discussion. What began as a multilateral initiative aimed at improving global royalty transparency is now expected to be incorporated into Indonesia’s revised Copyright Law (RUU Hak Cipta), with the bill targeted for completion in 2026. Below, we’ll outline […]
Domain Name Recovery
Sennheiser Reclaiming Its Domain Name For over 80 years, Sennheiser has been synonymous with precision audio engineering. From microphones to headphones, audio professionals and consumers worldwide recognise the SENNHEISER name. Yet for more than a decade, the Indonesian country-code domain sennheiser.co.id sat in someone else’s hands. An unaffiliated third party registered the domain in 2011 […]
Faster Trademark Protection in Indonesia
A Closer Look at Trademark Regulation 5/2026 Indonesia’s Trademark Office has been processing trademark registrations at a faster pace in recent years. SKC Law has observed that applications are now registered roughly six months from filing, compared to the previous average of up to twelve months. Until recently, no formal regulation or guidance had been […]
Patents: New Regulation 6/2026
Indonesia Broadens Patent Protection and Introduces Early Substantive Examinations On 23 February 2026, the Minister of Law enacted Regulation No. 6 of 2026 on Patent Applications (“Regulation 6/2026”), replacing the previous framework under Regulation No. 38 of 2018 as amended (“Regulation 38/2018”). The new regulation expands the categories of inventions eligible for patent protection, revises […]
SKC Law in the WTR 1000
Recognised as Gold for Prosecution & Strategy and Enforcement & Litigation SKC Law has been recognised in the 2026 edition of WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, the definitive global guide to outstanding trademark practices and practitioners. The firm received Gold-tier rankings for the 12th consecutive year in both Prosecution & Strategy and Enforcement […]
SKC Law at the 2026 INTA Annual Meeting
Highlights of the 2026 INTA Annual Meeting SKC Law attended the 2026 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in London from 2 to 6 May 2026. The firm was represented by Co-Founders Purnomo Suryomurcito and Andrew Conduit. The event took place at ExCeL London and brought together nearly 10,000 IP professionals, brand owners, […]
IP Applications Grew 4.5× in a Decade
A Decade of Accelerated IP Growth Indonesia recorded 339,304 intellectual property applications in 2024, compared with 74,893 in 2015, a 4.5 times increase over ten years. The data, drawn from the 2025 DGIP IP Outlook Report published by Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (“DGIP”), points to changes in how both domestic and international businesses approach […]
Insights for The Trademark Law
New Insights on Trademark Law 48 Issues, Seven Reform Pillars, and What Businesses Need to Know Indoensia’s current Trademark Law (Law No. 20 of 2016) was enacted nearly a decade ago, before the explosion of e-commerce, the rise of social commerce, and the emergence of AI-generated branding. Domestically, practitioners, rights holders, and the Directorate General of […]
SKC Law in the Legal 500
SKC Law Featured in the Legal 500 Rankings This year marks SKC Law’s ninth consecutive recognition by the Legal 500 as a Tier 1 firm in Indonesia for Intellectual Property, spanning the 2018 to 2026 rankings. We extend our appreciation to every member of the SKC Law team whose dedication and expertise contributed to this […]
