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University of Newcastle (UoN) - Newcastle Law School (NLS) hosted a visit from scholars from Airlangga University, Indonesia from 4th-26th November 2017. Professor Sogar Simamora is involved in a law reform project related to Indonesia’s Civil Code and in the preparation of a law on government procurement. Asst Professor Agung Sujatmiko’s research is in intellectual property law, especially as it relates to the creative industries.

During the 3rd Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Colloquium of UoN Faculty of Business and Law on 7 November 2017, CI Prof Christoph Antons presented a keynote paper on "Intellectual Property Law Reform and Asian Development".

Prof Insan Budi Maulana, an Indonesian IP expert, presented a staff seminar about “Trademark Protection in Indonesia” on 12th October 2017. He discussed the revised Indonesian Trade Marks Act of 2016 as well as jurisprudence in trademark law. Prof Maulana is a Patent Attorney and teaches IP law at the University of Indonesia and Trisakti University in Jakarta and at the University of Sebelas Maret in Solo, Central Java.

CI Prof Christoph Antons delivered a keynote presentation on "Copyright Law Reform and Asian Development" during the 3rd Annual Conference of the Asian Pacific Copyright Association held at the University of Technology Sydney on 30th October 2017.

Professor Christoph Antons and PhD student Prayudi Setiadharma met with Director General Dr Freddy Harris of the Indonesian Directorate General of Intellectual Property in the Ministry of Law and Human Rights and his staff on 10 January 2019.

CI Professor Christoph Antons was a key note speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Law, Governance and Globalization at Airlangga University, Surabaya on 28 August 2018.

Professor Antons and Professor Hawin at the public lecture on 'Intellectual Property in Agriculture and Free Trade Agreements’ at Gadjah Mada University,Jakarta Campus on 14 September 2018.

Professor Christoph Antons and members of the audience, after the public lecture at Gadjah Mada University on 14 September 2018.

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2018

• CI Professor Christoph Antons and PhD student Prayudi Setiadharma visited Indonesia in December 2018 and January 2019 to conduct research for the ARC Discovery project ‘Building an intellectual property system: the Indonesian experience’. They met with Ministerial staff, personnel from government R&D and regulatory agencies, collective management organisations, trade associations, R&D managers and company CEOs, NGOs, authors, artists and producers,  intellectual property practitioners and academics in Jakarta and in the major cities of Java and Sumatra,including with Director General Dr Freddy Harris of the Indonesian IP office ( Directorate General of Intellectual Property) and his staff.
• CI Professor Christoph  Antons delivered a public lecture on “Intellectual property, agriculture and Free Trade Agreements” at the Jakarta campus of Gadjah Mada University on 14 September 2018.The presentation was hosted and introduced by Professor  M Hawin of the Gadjah Mada Law Faculty. He was speaking at a panel on ICH Safeguarding and IP protection.
• CI Professor Christoph Antons was a keynote speaker at the 2^nd International Conference on Law, Governance and Globalization organised by the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, Surabaya on 28 August 2018.

2017

• CI Prof Christoph Antons was appointed as Visiting Professor at the Singapore Management University from 7^th to 12^th December 2017. Prof Antons also participated in the conference on “The Future of Asian Trade Deals and Intellectual Property” on 8^th December 2017 and presented a public lecture on “Copyright Law Reform and Asian Development” at the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA) on 11^th December 2017.
• University of Newcastle (UoN) - Newcastle Law School (NLS) hosted a visit from scholars from Airlangga University, Indonesia. Prof. Sogar Simamora and Associate Prof. Agung Sujatmiko visited NLS from 4th-26th November 2017. Professor Simamora is involved in a law reform project related to Indonesia’s Civil Code and in the preparation of a law on government procurement. Professor Sujatmiko’s research is in intellectual property law, especially as it relates to the creative industries.
• During the 3^rd Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Colloquium of UoN Faculty of Business and Law on 7 November 2017, CI Prof Christoph Antons presented a keynote paper on "Intellectual Property Law Reform and Asian Development".
• CI Prof Christoph Antons delivered a keynote presentation on "Copyright Law Reform and Asian Development" during the 3rd Annual Conference of the Asian Pacific Copyright Association held at the University of Technology Sydney on 30th October 2017.
• Prof Insan Budi Maulana, an Indonesian IP expert, presented a staff seminar about “Trademark Protection in Indonesia” on 12^th October 2017. He discussed the revised Indonesian Trade Marks Act of 2016 as well as jurisprudence in trademark law. Prof Maulana is a Patent Attorney and teaches IP law at the University of Indonesia and Trisakti University in Jakarta and at the University of Sebelas Maret in Solo, Central Java.

2016

• CI Prof Christoph Antons contributed to the DECLARATION ON PATENT PROTECTION - Regulatory Sovereignty under TRIPS, sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich. “This Declaration seeks to clarify some of the regulatory options States still retain under international law, in particular the TRIPS Agreement”.