Strategy In Developing A Community Model And Preparing A Specification Book Of Geographical Indication Protection For Tropical Apple Variety Of Batu City, East Java Province

Strategy In Developing A Community Model And Preparing A Specification Book Of Geographical Indication Protection For Tropical Apple Variety Of Batu City, East Java Province

Geographical Indication (GI) is part of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). Article 22 TRIPS defines GI as ''indications, which identify a good as originating in the territory of a Member, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin”
In 2018 within the framework of the Indonesian government's agenda to achieve Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and the State's National Goal in ''Prospering the People'', the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) under the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (HAM) of the Republic of Indonesia created a priority program to protect Geographical Indications, especially for agricultural and food products featured as a Priority Program.
In the province of East Java, the Director General of Intellectual Property ,Ministry of Law and Human Rights is targeting Batu City Tropical Apples variety as Pilot Project. Batu City since the 1990s has been known as the City of Apples, but unfortunately this reputation has faded along with the decline in apple productivity. With the protection of Geographical Indications, it is hoped that Batu City will regain its reputation as the City of Apples.