Juniver Girsang Becomes A Lawyer, Gojek Will Take Legal Action Against PT TFT Regarding The GoTo Brand

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JAKARTA - PT Application Karya Anak Bangsa (Gojek) represented by its legal representative from Juniver Girsang & Partners plans to take legal steps against PT Terbit Financial Technology (PT TFT) related to the GoTo brand.

This step is in response to reports made by PT TFT to the Polda Metro Jaya to PT Applications Karya Anak Bangsa and PT Tokopedia for alleged violations of the GoTo trademark.

Juniver Girsang & Partners confirmed that their client has full rights to the GoTo brand for the class of goods/services. According to them, it is not true if there is another party claiming to be the sole owner of the mark.

"Currently PT Application Karya Anak Bangsa is processing the registration of the 'GOTO', 'goto', 'goto financial' trademarks for 21 types of goods/service classes at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia. journalists, Wednesday, November 10.

According to the legal representative, there are indications that the complainant wants to kill their client's business steps through claims as the only party entitled to use the GoTo brand and prohibits the client from using the brand for any reason and purpose.

Previously, PT Application Karya Anak Bangsa and PT Tokopedia officially merged under the GoTo umbrella, which stands for Gojek and Tokopedia. GoTo also has a payment and financial services business called GoTo Financial.

PT TFT through its attorney, Alfons Loemau then reported Gojek and Tokopedia for using the same product name, namely GOTO. The only difference lies in the use of capital letters but has the same pronunciation sound.

At TFT, the GOTO brand is designated for an application in the field of open source software development services adopted by blockchains.