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Adolf Martua Panggabean
Adolf Martua Panggabean is a seasoned legal professional with more than two decades of experience. He has been involved in handling various clients on aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) registration in Indonesia, including the protection of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and industrial designs. He also represents clients in intellectual property disputes, in both civil and criminal proceedings.
Before joining the firm, Adolf worked as senior in-house legal counsel for a prominent lifestyle retail company in Indonesia, where he successfully negotiated as well as navigated the onboarding of new businesses for several principals of major international brands into Indonesia. He also handled personal data protection work for some of the principals.
Adolf obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Indonesia, and Master of Laws degree from Pelita Harapan University. He is a member of the Indonesian Advocates Association and the Indonesian Intellectual Property Consultants Association. Adolf has also been trained in matters specific to domain name disputes in Indonesia.
Education
- Pelita Harapan University, Indonesia - Magister of Law
- University of Indonesia, Indonesia - Bachelor of Law
Areas of Expertise
- Intellectual Property
- Corporate, Investment & Project Development
- Compliance
Practice Description
During his years of practice, Adolf has been involved in numerous deals and transactions including:
- Representing various multinational and local companies in registering their intellectual property (e.g., patents and trademarks) in Indonesia.
- Representing various multinational company in registering their patents in Indonesia
- Representing various multinational companies in various civil disputes against (i). various local companies; (ii). various local persons; (iii). other multinational companies, in relation to intellectual property disputes
- Representing various multinational companies in filing criminal complaints against infringers at various stages (i.e., (i). filing the complaint at the Indonesian Police National Headquarters, the office of the Regional Police, office of the regional Police Resort; (ii). accompanying officers of the clients in police examinations; (iii). liaising with the relevant enforcement officers to ensure that the cases are resolved; (iv). attending settlement negotiations).
- Representing a joint venture company in its various intellectual property disputes against a local company.
- Providing relevant advisories in relation to intellectual property protection in Indonesia.
- Preparing various cease and desist letters in relation to potential civil and criminal disputes.
- Assisting in a land acquisition project in Labuan Bajo.
- Assisting in the review of a construction agreement for a hotel establishment in Labuan Bajo.
- Providing advisories and sending Cease & Desist Letters related to potential disputes against the architect and the landscapist related to the hotel construction.
- Assisting in the onboarding of new businesses (of several major foreign brand principals) through reviews of various agreements with principals (e.g., review of the Franchise, Distribution, License, and Wholesale agreements).
- Assisting in the daily operations of various business units through reviewing the Business As Usual (BAU) agreements of those business units.
- Assisting in reviewing and negotiating various IT cooperation agreements including agreements with several marketplaces; agreements related to payment gateways, SaaS and electronic payment providers; reviewing other IT agreements (e.g., software agreements).
- Assisting in the review of several personal data protection policies of several principals.
Publications
Understanding Patent Protection in Indonesia: A Comprehensive Guide
As part of our series of articles on Intellectual Property...
Read MoreFranchise Regulation Update: What Business Owners Need to Know in the Era of GR 35/2024
Government Regulation Number 35 of 2024 on Franchising (“GR 35/2024”)...
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