The House of Representatives has published its National Legislation Program (ProLegNas) for 2016.
The list of laws that will be debated this year in the House of Representatives was decided on Monday 25 January 2016. It includes two intellectual property laws - a new Trademark Law, and a new Patent Law. Both were also included in last year’s National Legislation Program (see here) but have not yet been passed. With the government pushing for development of Indonesia’s creative economy, sources at the Directorate-Genearl of Intellectual Property say they expect that these laws will be passed in the first semester of 2016.
A draft law that proposes to establish a national framework for research and development is also included in th list. A complete list of the 40 laws included in the National Legislation Program (ProLegNas) for 2016 is published here.