The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Indonesia

• Revocation and Replacement of Minister of Trade Regulation on Import of Finished Goods and the...

  Issuance of Licensed Importer Numbers
  - Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo

• Newsletter March 2012 Edition

  1. Local Uniqueness in the protection of IPR in Indonesia
  - Biro Oktroi Roosseno

• DISCOVERY OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

  International commercial arbitration has been vastly developed as one of the most efficient and preferable method of commercial dispute resolution internationally and resulting in the involvement of parties from around the globe that come from different legal systems.
  - Frans Winarta & Partners

• Indonesia Under Review April 2012

  A Strong Start to a Year of Business Growth
  - Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo

• Implementation of the Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Requirements

  Government Regulation No. 47 of 2012 on Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility ("Regulation) has been issued on 4 April 2012 to implement Article 70 (4) of Law No. 40 of 2007 on Limited Liability Companies. This is a long-awaited piece of implementing legislation that clarifies the nature of the required corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, which have been a vague requirement (which has survived a Constitutional Court challenge) for nearly 5 years.        
  - Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo

• Environmental Licenses Begin to be Implemented Under Government Regulation No. 27 of 2012

  Government Regulation No. 27 of 2012 on Environmental Licenses (" Regulation ") was issued on 23 February 2012 to implement certain provisions of Law No. 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management (" Environmental Law "). The Regulation revokes the previous Government Regulation on AMDAL (Government Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment - " GR 27/1999 "), and institutes a procedure for obtaining an Environmental License, which is based on completing the AMDAL and UKL-UPL process and is a prerequisite for securing a Business License.        
  - Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo

• Overlapping Trademark Registrations in Indonesia and The Efforts To Avoid It

  The existence of Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR") in the relation between people and between countries is something that can no longer be avoided in the current free market era.
  - Frans Winarta & Partners

• An Eye for an Eye….the Tragic Execution Of Ruyati And A Way Forward For Indonesia

  Indonesia is in a state of shock following the beheading of Ruyati binti Satubi in Saudi Arabia, on Saturday 18 June. Ordinary Indonesian citizens are appalled at the barbarous treatment of one of Indonesia’s overseas workers and fellow citizens.
  - Frans Winarta & Partners

• LAWYER-CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY OFTEN VIOLATED

  It is a tradition and universal public knowledge that the relationship between a lawyer and his clients imports obligations of confidentiality.
  - Frans Winarta & Partners

• Copyright Protection: between Concept and Reality

  Copyright to a work still adheres to the author
  - Frans Winarta & Partners