Abstract:
As an archipelago country, Indonesia comprises of a large territory where every region is
capable of producing distinctive and characterized products due to its geographical, social,
and cultural factors, in addition to its higher quality compared to imported products. In the
market, goods with distinct characterization as a result of various geographical locations of
production regions is known as Geographical Indication Products. Geographical Indication
defines as a characterization that indicates the origin of a product, which includes several
influencing factors such as geographical factor, natural factor, human factor or the
combination of both factors which eventually contribute to establish a certain distinction and
quality upon a product. Several geographical indicated products in Indonesia are widely
known to have excellent reputation on the market, namely Delinese tobacco, Temanggung
tobacco, Ciancur rice, Muntok white pepper, Lampung black pepper, Kerinci cinnamon,
Cilembu cassava, Bandanese nutmeg, Proboliggo sweet mango, Balinese Kintamani coffee,
Kalosi coffee, Papuan matoa, etc. Those are several richness of goods from certain regions
in Indonesia widely known for their characterization. Characterization of goods are resulted
by variation of geographic locations of producing regions in Indonesia. These goods possess
high quality and high economic value. Consequently, certain instruments are required to
provide protection upon the regions producing those goods against the act of counterfeiting
