LEGAL PROTECTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF LAYOUT CIRCUITS INTEGRATED DESIGN RIGHTS Rindy Alfius Phirins
At present, there are seven objects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Indonesia that have been protected by law. One of them is the Integrated Circuit Layout Design (DTLST). In the legal system of IPR, DTLST is relatively new. In fact, even today there are still many Indonesians who do not know exactly what is meant by DTLST. How is the application of Law No. 32 of 2000 concerning Design of Integrated Circuit Layout in Indonesia? What is the object and what is the role of DTLST in the IPR legal system? This is understandable because the law on DTLST was only enacted in 2000 along with three other IPR laws, namely Law No. 29 of 2000 concerning Protection of Plant Varieties; Law No. 30 of 2000 concerning Trade Secrets; Law No. 31 of 2000 concerning Industrial Design; and Law No. 32 of 2000 concerning Integrated Circuit Layout Design.The law above was born as a consequence of the signing of the Uruguay Round Final Act, which was one of the results of the negotiations: the establishment of a world trade institution known as the World Trade Organization (WTO). The approval of the establishment of a WTO institution was then ratified by Indonesia with Law No. 7 of 1994 concerning Ratification of the Establising Agreement of the World Trade Organization (Agreement on the Establishment of a World Trade Organization). Every WTO member must ratify all decisions of this institution including the Trade Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement, or agreement on aspects of trade in Intellectual Property Rights that refers to the DTLST protection foundation namely the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (Washington Treaty). However, regarding the Layout Design of Integrated Circuits, each member country is given the freedom to regulate itself and adjust to the environmental conditions and technological advances in the country concerned.Keywords: DTLST and IPR.