Legal Protection for Product Packaging Designers in Indonesia

Abstract

The development of industrial design in Indonesia is continuing along with the growth of the creative industry in this country, and the role of industrial designers is becoming increasingly important. The Indonesian government has made industrial design regulations concerning industrial design in Law Number 31 of 2000. This research examines and analyzes legal protection for product packaging designers and solutions if there is a violation of industrial design rights for product packaging according to Law No. 31 of 2000 concerning Industrial Design. This type of research is normative legal research because it will analyze, interpret and evaluate industrial design law in Indonesia and its implementing legal regulations. Research results regarding legal protection for product packaging designers according to Law no. 31 of 2000 concerning Industrial Design, the author concludes that Legal protection for product packaging designers according to Law no. 31 of 2000 concerning Industrial Design states that product packaging designers have exclusive rights to their product packaging designs which Law protects for ten years from registration. Then, dispute resolution over product packaging industrial design violations can be carried out through several channels, including civil and criminal lawsuits through Court, as well as non-court and alternative dispute resolution.