Recently, the Customs Office seized suspected fake pens from
entering the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. The pens are
counterfeit goods alleged of infringing the Standard AE7 trademark
owned by PT Standardpen Industries ("PT
SI"), which is recorded at the Customs Office. The
seizure occurred at the Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, and as a
result 858,240 pens bearing the Standard AE7 trademark were seized.
These pens were imported by PT Putra Alka Mandiri ("PT
PAM") from China.
A judge from the Surabaya Commercial Court examined the
suspicious pens jointly with representatives from the Customs
Office, Directorate General of Intellectual Property
("DGIP") PT SI and PT PAM. According to
the DGIP's expert statement, there is similarity in principal
between the trademark embedded on the imported pens and PT SI's
trademark. The inspection of the pens resulted in a decision by the
Surabaya Commercial Court to reinforce the seizure, and
consequently PT SI can take
