Vice President Encourages Young People To Explore Intellectual Property Potential

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin encourages young Indonesians to continue to explore potential, be creative, work and innovate in various matters related to Intellectual Property (IP). 2022 at the Vice President's Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, April 26. "I appeal to young Indonesians to rise up to become creative, innovative and inspiring people for Advanced Indonesia," said the Vice President in a written statement. The Vice President said Intellectual Property contributes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Indonesia is Rp. 1,105 trillion, or approximately 7 percent of the national average. In addition, said the Vice President, labor absorption by matters relating to Intellectual Property is 17 million people for one year, with the position of the third GDP in the world. after the United States and South Korea. The vice president also encouraged the strengthening of Communal Intellectual Property (KIK) which also has the potential to The high level improves the regional economy. According to the Vice President, KIK is in line with the Proudly Made Indonesia (BBI) program which echoes a campaign to love Indonesian products. For the record, Indonesia has a vision to become the largest country in the digital economy sector.

Therefore, the government collaborates and synergizes with all stakeholders, so that 88.95 percent of business actors who do not have IP protection, want to register or register their intellectual property assets. On that occasion, Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly said, the majority of the population Indonesia is Generation Z aged 8-23 years. He conveyed that the characteristics of young people who have innovative, energetic, and creative thoughts must continue to be developed in order to be competitive in entering the industrial revolution 4.0 and the digital economy. To support this, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights ( Ministry of Law and Human Rights) gave appreciation to Intellectual Property creators in the form of the World Intellectual Property Day Awards or WIPO Awards. In 2022, the WIPO Awards were given to four categories; WIPO Medal for Inventors; WIPO Medal for Creativity; WIPO IP Enterprise Medal; and WIPO Schoolchildren's Medal.