Collective Trademark as Alternative of Joint Brand Protection for Dupa Harum Kekeran in Bali

Abstract

In Kekeran Village, Penebel District, Tabanan Regency, people’s understanding on the importance of legal protection of Intellectual property rights over brands are not well-established. In the village, Dupa Harum Kekeran, a kind of fragrance incense, is the product of a group of women. They use the Kekeran logo; and the logo has not been registered to the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights. Brand is a sign that enables customers to identify and differentiate products of companies. As a differentiator, it can also be a marker of an item’s reputation. The study employed an empirical legal research method by using primary and secondary data which were analyzed descriptively and qualitatively. The study concludes that collective trademark can be used as an alternative of legal protection. It can be used to reduce business competition in the Tabanan Regency. Legal protection is preventive and can be used together to reduce the level of business competition among the makers of Dupa Harum Kekeran. In particular, the business competition is managed by the home industry. Therefore, legal protection through a collective trademark can be more effective and efficient. The government has to cut the bureaucracy of brand registration and the trademark registration can now be done online. The role of the government in efforts to provide the collective trademark protection can be said to be very optimal.