Certified Intellectual Property Rights extended to Kintamani, Gayo, and Bajawa Arabica Coffees.

The unique Kintamani Bali -, Gayo Aceh - and Bajawa Flores - Arabica Coffees - are three among 11 commodities that have to date been issued Certificates of Intellectual Property Rights with Unique Geographic Indications, extended by the Director General for Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, having passed thorough examinations.  

The other commodities certified are the Furniture Woodcarving of Jepara (Central Java), Sumedang Black tobacco and Sumedang Mole Tobacco (West Java), Sumbawa Honey and Sumbawa Horse Milk (West Nusatenggara), Lombok watercress (kangkung), Munthok (Bangka Belitung) white pepper, and Adan Krayan Rice from East Kalimantan.

These products possess unique elements that are available only in that particular region, said Saky Septiono, Head of the Section for Formal Investigationas on Geographic Indications in the Ministry, reported Bisnis Indonesia.  

Since September 2007, the Ministry has received requests for registration of products with geographic indications, while the first certified was the Kintamani Bali Arabica Coffee.

Products given the label “Geographic Indications” are ensured to be original, said Septiono.

At the present moment 26 requests for certification have been received by the Ministry for Law and Human Rights, of which 13 have to date been certified, with 2 products requested from overseas.

(Source: Bisnis Indonesia)