A new Director of Patents - Pak Timbul Sinaga - took office on 27 March 2015.
Timbul Sinaga is from North Sumatera. He was formerly the Director of Copyright, Industrial Designs, Integrated Circuit Designs and Trade Secrets, and the Director of Cooperation and Promotion.
It will be an interesting year ahead for the new Director. A draft patent law is reportedly in final stages of revision, and is expected to be passed later this year - it has been included in the National Legislation Program (ProLegNas) for 2015 (see our post here).
