A review of the performance of international IP offices has Indonesia ranked ahead of Vietnam and Thailand, but behind Malaysia.
The US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Centre released its is 2nd International IP Index on 28 January 2014 (see here). The report assesses whether the 25 countries examined have IP environments that promote innovation and creativity. 30 criteria were adopted, covering:
- Patents, related rights and limitations
- Copyrights, related rights and limitations
- Trademarks, related rights and limitations
- Trade secrets and market access
- Enforcement
- Membership and ratification of international treaties
This is the first time Indonesia has been included in the report (it was not included in the 1st edition). Indonesia was ranked 22 of the 25 countries surveyed. Some interesting points about Indonesia to note from the report included:
- having the highest software piracy rate of all countries surveyed, at 86%;
- failure to implement policies for software used by government agencies to be licensed;
- 57th of 134 countries ranked for prevalence of 'physical counterfeiting' on the GTRIC (General Trade-Related Index of Counterfeiting); and
- IP-related barriers to market access for pharmaceuticals, including requirement to establish local manufacturing capabilities or license to a local entity that does.