Latest Amendment to Patent Law Finally in Force: Definition of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Newly Clarified

Since mid-2024, deliberations between the government and the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat ­– “DPR”) have been underway regarding the introduction of the most recent amendment to  Law No. 13 of 2016 on Patents, which was subsequently amended through the issuance of Regulation of the Government in Lieu of Law No. 2 of 2022 (“Regulation 2/2022”) (collectively referred to as “Law 13/2016”).[1] The latest Draft Bill on the Second Amendment to Law 13/2016 (“Draft Amendment”) was made available to the general public on 24 June 2024 and contains seven newly featured articles, as well as 31 revisions of articles that currently feature under the framework of Law 13/2016. It should be noted that various provisions that feature under the Draft Amendment were previously analyzed in the following edition of Indonesian Law Digest (ILD): “Second Amendment Bill to the Patent Law: Towards Stronger Patent Protection”.