Indonesian Legal Protection of Traditional Knowledge as Community Identity

Abstract

Traditional knowledge is knowledge developed by indigenous people or intellectual work based on tradition. This knowledge includes methods of cultivating and processing plants, medicine, art, and food and drink recipes. Based on this, it is very important for a country to protect traditional knowledge, especially in this case Indonesia. This research uses normative legal research methods. The results of the research show that the Indonesian state has paid attention to this matter, which is included in intellectual property law and is currently developing a bill on the protection and utilization of intellectual property of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.