- LL.B., University of Indonesia (1994)
- LL.M., University of Indonesia (2024)
- Licensed to practice law as an advocate by the Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI)
- Registered as an Intellectual Property Rights Consultant by AKHKI
- Registered as an Intellectual Property Rights Consultant by the Indonesian Intellectual Property Attorneys Association (AKHKI)
- Awarded a scholarship from the Japan Patent Office to participate in the Intellectual Property Rights Training Course for Patent Experts in Japan (2007)
- Awarded a scholarship from the University of Wollongong for Intellectual Property Rights Training (2009)
Ari Juliano Gema, known as Ajo, is a Partner specializing in Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law at AHP. With an extensive background in both government and non-profit sectors, Ajo brings a unique perspective and comprehensive expertise to his clients.
Before rejoining AHP, Ajo served as a Senior Advisor to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy for Bureaucratic Reform and Regulation in 2020. He also held the position of Deputy Chairman for Intellectual Property Facilitation and Regulation at the Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy (BEKRAF) from 2015 to 2019. During his tenure at BEKRAF, he was instrumental in supporting creative industries through the development of policies that enabled and protected intellectual property rights. Additionally, Ajo has been a Project Director at Creative Commons Indonesia, an affiliate of the global non-profit organization dedicated to expanding access to knowledge and promoting the legal sharing of creative works.
Ajo’s expertise extends to providing legal advisory services to a diverse range of clients, both domestic and international. Known for his commitment to social impact, he actively participates in intellectual property rights education for small and micro businesses and creative communities. His dedication to nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs is evident in his role as a mentor for various start-up incubators and business competitions.
Experience Highlight
- Was appointed as the Deputy Coordinator of the Public Communications Team for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling of COVID-19, before this organisation was dissolved by President Joko Widodo and replaced by the Task Force to Handle COVID-19. Ari was also appointed as the spokesperson for the COVID-19 Impact Handling Task Force at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and was responsible to communicate the policies and programs of the Ministry in dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism and creative economy businesses to the public.
- Initiated the Digital Economy Regulation (RED) discussion series in 2020. This RED discussion series was aimed to be a discussion forum for stakeholders to prepare for the formation of appropriate regulations in anticipation of digital economy developments.
- Was appointed by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) as the Head of the Task Force for Handling Intellectual Property Violations of Creative Economy Products. As the Head of this Task Force, Ari focused on dealing with intellectual property infringement in the music, film, and publishing industries. For the music industry, Ari collaborated with the Indonesian Music Publishers Alliance (APMINDO) to pioneer the development of a digital platform that contains information on Indonesian songs and music as a single point of contact that makes it easier for song/music users to contact their copyright holders to minimise copyright infringement and optimise rights management (mechanical rights). For the publishing industry, Ari collaborated with the Indonesian Publishers Association (IKAPI) and digital marketplace managers to create a screening system for parties who will sell books at digital marketplaces, to minimise the sale of pirated books.
- Was actively involved in the preparation of the Presidential Statement on the application for judicial review of Law No. 28 of 2014 on Copyrights (Copyrights Law) to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (Constitution). The request for review was made against Article 18, Article 30, and Article 122 of the Copyrights Law against Article 28D(1) and Article 28H(4) of the Constitution.
- Was actively involved in the discussion and drafting of several laws and regulations related to intellectual property, tourism, and creative economy. Ajo led the formulation and discussion of Law No. 24 of 2019 on Creative Economy and its implementing regulations.
- Carried out many initiatives to eradicate piracy, including establishing and leading a task force in BEKRAF and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to handle intellectual property rights infringements of creative economic products, with a focus on infringements in the music, film, and publishing industries.
- Provided various support and assistance to the Ambon city government, both in the form of technical training and guidance, as well as physical infrastructure, namely the construction of a music studio at Pattimura University, the construction of an ethnic music performance building at IAIN Ambon, and the revitalization of the Boiratan Studio building. He also led the BEKRAF delegation and the Ambon city government to meet and convince music-based creative cities in various countries to support Ambon to be accepted into the UNESCO creative city network. In October 2019, Ambon was finally designated by UNESCO as a music-based creative city. For his efforts, Ajo received the 2020 Tahuri Award from the Ambon city government.
- Initiated the development of Biima application (BEKRAF’s intellectual property rights mobile app), which is the first mobile application in Indonesia that contains information on intellectual property rights. Biima was launched by the Chairman of BEKRAF, Mr. Triawan Munaf, on 24 February 2016.
