Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights For Balinese Indigenous Industry In Cultural Tourism Business

This paper is written to identify and clarify some issues that occur in the protection of intellectual property rights for traditional products of Balinese indigenous industry, which are the main capital of cultural tourism business in Bali. In addition, this paper found out strategies that can be done to overcome the problem of intellectual property rights for Balinese indigenous people. Through library techniques and observation from July until December 2016, the research found several results. First, the obstacles in the protection of intellectual property rights of traditional societies, is because the products including tangible and traditional knowledge are generally verbal which is usually shown to the next generation, so it is difficult to register because to obtain the copyright of the work must be original and tangible. Meanwhile, to get the patent, the products must be new and inventive. Second, the strategies that can be done including IPR (Intellectual Property) socialization that implemented with priority system based on the objectives of interest, follow up cooperation that has been done, make IPR as compulsory subject in national curriculum, creates a special law to protect local indigenous people, and make association which specially take care of interest of creator, for example dance association, painters, sculptors, and artist association.