The Investment Coordinating Board (”BKPM”) announced that commencing on 26th January 2015, BKPM implements One Stop Service (OSS) Center which is an integrated services between BKPM with some ministries/ institutions. It means that BKPM is now requiring all foreign investment companies’ applications to be done by online system. Accordingly, if foreign investment companies want to obtain BKPM approval for the investment license or non-license, they are required to start creating their own “Company Folders” on the Information Service and Electronic Investment System (SPIPISE).
Presidential Regulation No. 39 of 2014 on The List of Business Fields that are Closed or Conditionally Open for Investment (“Negative List”) was issued and became effective on 24 April 2014. This new negative investment list revises and replaces the previous Negative list which was released in 2010. The new Negative List revises the components of the 2010 list classified as: a) closed for investment; and b) conditionally open for investment. The business fields covered by the Negative List are in a wide variety of sectors with perhaps the most influential changes being in the energy and mineral resources, trade (in particular, distribution), agriculture, power and pharmaceutical fields.
Peringatan Hari Kekayaan Intelektual sedunia ke-15 yang jatuh pada tanggal 26 April 2015 merupakan kegiatan tahunan yang diselenggarakan oleh World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Pada tanggal 7 April 1999 Director General National Algerian Institute for Industial Property (INAPI) mengajukan usulan perlunya hari internasional untuk memperingati Kekayaan Intelektual . Kemudian Agustus 1999 delegasi China mengusulkan untuk diadakannya “World Intellectual Property Day”.