Community Empowerment in Maintaining Public Domain Mark as the Community’s Right for Trademark

Abstract

This study examines community empowerment in maintaining public domain marking as a community's right for trademark. This is legal research by using methods according to scientific characteristics of the Law (jurisprudence), namely normative legal research. The public is given authority to use a public domain. The same as the Geographical Indication Protection Society, a public domain protection community is needed on the brand and included in the trademark law. The public is given the authority to use the public domain mark and entitled lawsuit against the use of public domain by unauthorized individuals.