Rahmawati asks the government to ease the cost of HKI for the Kaltara border

Member of Commission VII of the House of Representatives, Rahmawati, asked the government to present a policy of reducing the cost of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) registration for people in border areas, especially North Kalimantan (Kaltara).

This was conveyed by this Gerindra politician from Kaltara in a Working Meeting of Commission VII of the DPR with the Ministry of Creative Economy (Kemenekraf), Thursday, January 22.

"The low interest of creative economic actors in the 3T areas (Lagging, Leading, and Outermost) to register HKI is due to the relatively high registration costs for small business actors," said Rahmawati.

Rahmawati revealed that currently the registration rate for HKI in Kaltara follows the national provisions of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

"For UMKs that receive OPD recommendations, the online registration fee is IDR 500,000 per class. Meanwhile, for non-UMK, the rate reaches IDR 1.8 million per class," he said.

In addition to cost factors, Rahmawati also explained the geographical constraints that made it difficult for officers to reach creative economic actors in remote areas.

"The position of Kaltara which borders directly with Malaysia makes the protection of HKI very important. Without legal protection, the work of the nation's children is at risk of being used by other parties," explained Rahmawati.

"I am worried, because Kaltara borders directly with Malaysia, so that the intellectual property of our young people is not used by other parties," he said.

He hopes that in 2026 the Ministry of Creative Economy can present affirmative policies, including the possibility of exemption or relief from registration fees for intellectual property rights for young generations and creative actors in border areas.

"Is there a program in 2026 so that the government can provide policies, or even make it free, so that young people who have talent can work with the protection of intellectual property rights in their own country," he said.