The trademark and patent appeals commissions now have officially appointed panels, and will resuming hearing appeals.
A new panel of members of the Patent Appeals Commission was appointed on 25 February 2015 under Ministerial Decision M.HH-01.HI.05.01. The new panel is made up of:
- Drs. Azmi Dahlan
- Dr. Suprapedi
- Ir. Razilu
- Parlagutan Lubis
- Aris Ideanto
- Ir. Syafrimai
- Ir. Aslin Sihite
- Ir. Alex Rahman
- Drs. Amir Paulus Tarigan
- Drs. Abdi Saputra Sembiring
A new panel of members of the Trademark Appeals Commission was appointed on 26 March 2015 under Ministerial Decision M.HH-02.HI.05.02. The new panel is made up of:
- Dadang Epi Sukarsa
- Rakhmita Desmayanti
- Sumardi Partoredjo
- Drs. Muhammad Adri
- Tosin Junansyah
- Subandini Nurtyas Utami
- Sri Mulyono
- Lusi Dekrisna
- T. Muammar Kadafi
- Widi Nugroho
- R. Syaifullah Hadiyanto
We noted earlier this year (see here) that the commissions have not been hearing cases since January 2015. The Trademark Law allows the TMAC panel to serve a term of up to there years before being replaced.