DJKI Hosts ASEAN Workshop on Collective Marks for Women Producers

By Imaduddin

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Indonesia's Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) opened a regional workshop on collective marks in Yogyakarta on 28 October 2026. The four-day event, running until 31 October, belongs to a collective mark initiative run by ASEAN with Hong Kong, China, a technical cooperation project funded under the AHKFTA, the free trade pact between the two sides.

The theme is the use of collective trademarks and Hong Kong market links to support farm and handicraft value chains led by women. According to DJKI, about 40 participants attended, including IP office staff, farmers, weavers and craft makers from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.

Director General Hermansyah Siregar, speaking online from Makassar, said 888 collective marks had been registered in Indonesia as of 1 October 2026. An earlier DJKI release, from 2 October, gave a figure of 872, up from 375 in 2025.

Two Indonesian products were picked for the programme: fried shallots from Palu, Central Sulawesi, and Tenun Sidan woven cloth from Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. The project plans a regional collective mark toolkit, a digital product catalogue and promotional videos, to be presented at a virtual ECOTECH forum in December 2026.

Speakers came from Hong Kong's Intellectual Property Department, IPOS Singapore, the EUIPO and national bodies. A field visit to local producer groups using collective marks is planned for the final day.

A collective mark lets a group of producers, such as a cooperative or association, sell goods under one shared name backed by common quality rules. In Indonesia it is registered with DJKI under the Trademark and Geographical Indications Law (Law No. 20 of 2016).

Sources

• DJKI, "Dari Yogyakarta, DJKI Kuatkan Merek Kolektif untuk Berdayakan UMKM Perempuan di ASEAN" (28 Oct 2026)
• DJKI, "DJKI Kembangkan Merek Kolektif melalui AHKFTA ECOTECH 2026" (2 Oct 2026)