by Risti Wulansari

AusAid, the Indonesian Supreme Court, and the Legal Reform Program (LRP) jointly held a "Training for Commercial Court Judges in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)" in Jakarta, from 31 March 2003 to 25 April 2003.

The training was aimed at educating the Commercial Court Judges on IPR related issues and laws. To support this, the training was attended by various IP practitioners participating as trainees/speakers.

Mr. Justi Kusumah of S&T delivered a presentation on copyright infringement and a recent case relating to the infringement of computer programs. The presentationprovided explanation of the provisions of the Copyright Law No. 19 of 2002 relating to copyright in computer programs, what constitutes an infringement, and the remedies available under Law. Mr. Kusumah also shared his experience in handling the most recent copyright landmark case involving Microsoft.