Destruction ceremony at DGIP

The Directorate-General of Intellectual Property hosted a destruction ceremony on 25 April, to mark the opening of the National Intellectual Property Promotion and Central Data Cooperation Building and World IP Day.

We wrote (here) about a raid on an optical disc manufacture in Jakarta in February 2013.  A sampling of seized product from that raid, and others conducted in 2013, was destroyed yesterday.  According to our sources, the breakdown was:

• 5,091 optical discs - movies;
• 73 optical discs - software;
• 98 full and 386 empty Rajawali drink bottles;
• 4 honda power products;
• 200-300 Lacoste shirts; and
• 73 Topless plastic containers.

Destruction was carried out using a shredding machine.  At a recent seminar (see our report here) the PPNS explained that the destruction was planned as part of World IP Day (26 April) celebrations.  We understand there is a significant quantity of seized product still being stored at a warehouse nearby.

(destruction of optical discs and other seized product)

The destruction ceremony (see photo below) was held at the DGIP’s (old) offices at Tangerang, which have now (with a fresh coat of paint and looking very blue) been renamed the National Intellectual Property Promotion and Central Data Cooperation Building (see photo below). The DGIP has moved to Kuningan - see our post here.

(National Intellectual Property Promotion and Central Data Cooperation Building)