Protection of intellectual property rights of the tengger adat people's knowledge

The concept of intellectual property rights has been initiated with western thoughts and accepted gradually in the eastern world, including in Indonesia. The aim of this paper is to explain about the affirmative action that the Indonesian government takes to accommodate the concept of intellectual property rights of the Tengger Adat people. Based on Article 18B paragraph (2) of the 1945 Indonesian Constitution and Article 27 paragraph (2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights it is implied that every person has a right to protection for his/her moral and material interests. Therefore, in making a policy intended to protect the knowledge of the Adat community, the Indonesian government should take into account four components, namely: (1) justice; (2) economics; (3) culture; and (4) social matters.