Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie, has an IP practice led by Daru Lukiantono with 10 IP lawyers and 20 professionals. contentious and non-contentious trade mark work make up the bulk of the team's expertise, consolidating its strong position in the rankings. The firm handles large volumes of trade mark portfolios for its clients, with approximately 30 staff dedicated to this.
The firm's patent practice is dominated by prosecution work. The pharmaceutical industry is a focus for the team, though it handles some engineering and electronics matters as well.
Lukiantono represented a global chain in the hospitality industry in an action against unauthorised use of its trade mark name by a local entity. The firm was successful, allowing it to protect the client's reputation in the market.
Lukiantono and Adolf Panggabean also represented a client before the Supreme Court, successfully overturning the Commercial Court's decision denying its client's trade mark cancellation action. The decision confirmed the Supreme Court's stance on the importance of protecting an internationally well-known trade mark within the local market.
The team is also engaged in copyright work. It is acting on behalf of its client in obtaining remake rights of an original motion picture and to secure all related copyrights relating to the original film.