Every year, patent applications in Indonesia continue to increase, so the government continues to improve the quality of national and international patent protection.
On a national scale, Indonesia’s government is revising the Patent Law to encourage national innovation by increasing IP registration, encouraging investment by adjusting international law, and improving services by simplifying regulations. Internationally, the government, through DGIP, is cooperating with the Europe Patent Office (EPO).
Europe Patent Office (EPO) is an institution that conducts search and substantive examination on European patent applications and international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The latest development of the cooperation process between EPO and DJKI is a bilateral meeting that was held on November 9, 2023, on the agenda of the 71st ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) meeting in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Read more