Menkum HAM: MS Glow And PS Glow Disputes With Billions In Claims Examples Of Failure To Register Intellectual Property Rights

Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkum HAM) Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly after the "Roving Seminar on Intellectual Property" in Yogyakarta, Thursday. ANTARA/Luqman Hakim.

YOGYAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkum HAM) Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly hopes that trademark disputes will not re-emerge between business actors such as the feud case between MS Glow and PS Glow.

"We encourage MSMEs to register their trademarks. Do not let it become a dispute. After advancing, it becomes a dispute," Yasonna said after the "Roving Intellectual Property Seminar" event in Yogyakarta, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, July 21.

According to Yasonna, if one day the product brand created becomes popular but the owner fails to register intellectual property rights (IPR), then it has the potential to be imitated and recognized by others.

"The (brand dispute) between MS Glow and PS Glow has billions of demands. This is an example of being negligent and negligent in registering our intellectual rights," he said.

It's not just the two brands, according to him, there are many other examples of trademark dispute cases that arose after the business experienced rapid development.

"Without realizing that after advancing, someone else registered first," he said.

Apart from avoiding disputes, according to Yasonna, IPR registration is also closely related to national economic growth.

Therefore, through the "Roving Intellectual Property Seminar", he claimed to want to socialize, invite, and build synergies with local governments, ministries and institutions to increase awareness of the importance of intellectual property rights registration.

"Especially now, there is a government regulation that stipulates that Intellectual Property can be a fiduciary guarantee for banks. This is a form of government 'support' for creators and inventors," he said.