The Potency of Intellectual Property Rights Regimes on Two Kinds of SMEs Industries

The industrial sector in Indonesia was dominated by small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs). In the Malang Raya region, there were two kinds of major group of SMEs industries, namely processed foods and handicrafts. Each of group indeed has a specific of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regimes. This study was to obtain the information of IPRs regime on two groups of SMEs industry. The data were collected from 2015 to 2016 in 84 SMEs in Malang Raya region. The 42 industries were categorized on processed foods and 42 industries of handicrafts. The results showed that were 12 kinds of products in the processed foods industry. Most of them were potato and cassava chips products. While, in the crafts group, the gypsum industries were dominants. The potency of IPRs regimes in the processed food industry was reached 21.4% (patent 16.6% and industrial design 4.8%). While, in the handicraft industry, the potential IPRs regimes were reached 45.3%, which was dominated by copyrights (33.3%) and followed by patent 4.8% and industrial design 7.2%. This study was also indicated that the potential of IPR regimes on SMEs was high enough, so in the future, they need coaching for awareness the importance of IPR regimes.