by Risti Wulansari

On 27 March 2003, S&T and the INDONESIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SOCIETY (IIPS) jointly held a one-day seminar entitled "Intellectual Property Compliance in repect of the Implementation of Good Corporate Governance" which was supported by, amongst others: the Indonesian Public Listed Companies Association, Microsoft, Telkomsel and Trust Magazine.

The seminar was attended by a number of IP practitioners, associations representatives and company. The event was officialy opened by Mr. Bambang Kesowo, the Secretary of State.

The first speaker, Mr. Robinson Simbolon (the Head of Law and Legal Aid Division of the Capital Market Supervisory Board (BAPPEPAM)) delivered a presentation called "the Implication of IP regulations for Public Listed Companies".

Mr. Justi Kusumah also delivered a presentation on copyright in computer programs which subsequently followed by a presentation by Mr. Andrew McBean (the President Director of PT Microsoft Indonesia) regarding the management of IP Rights in relation to computer program by Public Listed companies.