Indonesia and Denmark deepen cooperation on IP enforcement
A joint seminar in Batam addressed enforcement capacity, while Indonesian officials outlined work on policy recommendations for 2026.
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) are working together to improve enforcement of intellectual property rights in both countries, with a joint seminar series in Batam on October 15–16, 2026.
Yasmon, DGIP’s director of cooperation, empowerment, and education, said the initiative aimed to build officials’ enforcement skills and improve coordination between agencies. It also seeks to address infringement linked to digital technology and cross-border trade.
He said increasingly varied methods and the cross-border nature of infringements were making detection harder. Registering and recognising rights therefore needed to be backed by coordinated enforcement, he added.
Nofli, an official at the Coordinating Ministry for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Affairs, said the ministry was preparing policy recommendations for 2026. These cover officials’ competence, case-handling guidance, coordination among agencies, and monitoring and evaluation based on results.
Morina Harahap, head of the Ministry of Law’s Riau Islands Regional Office, said the province’s border location created economic opportunities but complicated oversight of goods, online commerce and counterfeits. She called for coordination involving enforcement agencies, customs, local authorities, universities, businesses and the public, with suspected infringements handled within each institution’s remit.
