The US Chamber of Commerce launched its 7thannual International IP Index – an analysis of intellectual property protection (IP) – in Jakarta on March 12. The index benchmarks the IP framework in 50 global economies and demonstrates how IP-driven innovation and creativity fosters economic competitiveness.
“Inspiring Tomorrow”was unveiled at the Mandarin Hotel, Jakarta at an event co-sponsored by AmCham Indonesia and the US Chamber of Commerce. The report was prepared by the US Chamber’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), and the launch was part of the AmCham-US Chamber Industry 4.0 mission, a series of meetings with stakeholders from both the business and the regulatory sides. It also marked the beginning of the 2019 Initiative Indonesia, AmCham and the US Chamber’s annual joint program of dialogue between the government and private sector to further improve the investment climate and economic relations between the two countries.
The launch event was keynoted by remarks from US Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan, and Freddy Harris, Director General of Intellectual Property Rights of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
“Building our common foundation of independence, ethnic and religious diversity, and vibrant democracy, the United States and Indonesia have a long history of creating private sector partnerships that lead to prosperity for the citizens of both of our countries,” said Donovan, highlighting 2019 as the 70 anniversary of ties between the United States and Indonesia.
Donovan said the US government was also promoting global innovation as one of its foreign policy goals, including advocating for the effective protection and enforcement of IP rights in Indonesia. “We were happy to see the signing of the US-Indonesia bilateral IP work plan in May 2018,” he said.
“Industry 4.0 is growing, not only for large companies, but also for small and medium enterprises as well as start-ups with high mobility, which are expected to be the driving force of innovation,” Freddy said in his remarks.
He said that Indonesia has anticipated intellectual property registration services through an online system including patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright. He also said the emerging era of Industry 4. will not only increase automation, but also see increasing robot automation.
“For this reason, it is time for Indonesia’s national development policies to begin [heading] in the direction of the Industry 5.0 era, including policies in the field of intellectual property,” he said.
The launch concluded with the handover of the report from GIPC to the Indonesian government and a short summary of the report from Kelly Anderson, GIPC’s International IP Director.
After the official launch, attendees continued networking during a reception and enjoyed photo booth entertainment provided by AmCham Indonesia.
Around 100 people attended the event, including from the US State Department, US economic officers from Asia Pacific, Initiative Indonesia members, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), the Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO), and Indonesian government officials whose work is closely related to IP.
Thanks to our venue and wine sponsored by Mandarin Hotel Jakarta and Bali's Sababay Winery.
The full report and executive summary can be found here: http://bit.ly/2019IPindexReport and http://bit.ly/2019IPindexSummary
Related Stories
