As he approaches the end of his term, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed off on a decree that sets out bills to that are to be prioritised and issued within 2014.
Presidential Decree No. 19 of 2014 on Government Regulation Drafting Program (“2014 Decree”), which came into force on 20 May 2014, includes one intellectual property law - Implementing Regulation of Law No. 14 of 2001 on Patents. This regulation sets out a new framework for:
- patent applications;
- application filing procedures;
- administrative examination;
- certification of patents and simple patents;
- publication of patent applications; and
- recordal in the General Register of Patents.
If the regulation comes into force it will replace:
- Government Regulation No. 34 of 1991 on patent application procedures;
- Government Regulation No. 11 of 1993 on the form and content of patent forms;
- Ministerial Decision (Justice Minister) No. M.01.HC.02.10 of 1991 on simple patents;
- Ministerial Decision (Justice Minister) No. M.02.HC.02.10 of 1991 on the publication of patents;
- Ministerial Decision (Justice Minister) No. M.04.HC.02.10 of 1991 on the rules, timeframes, and procedures for paying patent fees;
- Ministerial Decision (Justice Minister) No. M.06.HC.02.10 of 1991 on the patent applications; and
- Ministerial Decision (Justice Minister) No. M.08.HC.02.10 of 1991 on the recordal and request of copies of documents.
In a separate post we will discuss the impact this new regulation will have on patent prosecution in Indonesia.