Perlindungan Merek sebagai Hak Kekayaan Intelektual: Studi di Kota Semarang, Indonesia

The products produced by the creative economy will never be separated from the intellectual property in it, especially brands. However, the problem is that there are still many creative economy actors who do not register their product brands. This study uses a socio-legal research method with a statutory approach and a sociological approach. The results of this study indicate that a new brand will occur after the brand has been registered. Legal protection for creative economy product brands can be in the form of preventive protection and repressive protection. Preventive protection is provided by preventing the occurrence of trademark infringement to encourage trademark owners to register their trademarks to be legally protected. Meanwhile, repressive protection is carried out to deal with violations of trademark rights under applicable laws and regulations through judicial institutions and other law enforcement officers such as the police, Civil Servant Investigators, and the prosecutor's office to take action against violations of trademark rights. In the case of a request for violation of trademark rights, it is filed through the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.