PENGARUH SOSIAL EKONOMI DALAM PERLINDUNGAN HAK PEMEGANG INDIKASI GEOGRAFIS (STUDI KASUS KOPI ARABIKA SUMATERA LINTONG DI KABUPATEN HUMBANG HASUNDUTAN PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA)

Abstract

Geographical Indications are part of Intellectual Property which is the main driving
factor for a country's economic development. This Geographical Indication Protection Object
includes Natural Resources, handicraft products, industrial products owned by an area but not
owned by other regions in the Territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. This
type of protection for Geographical Indications has the peculiarity of other Intellectual
Property Rights Protection, which is characterized by communal ownership and usually

identifies the area as its trademark. In writing this thesis, the author tries to examine the Socio-
Economic Influence on the Protection of the Rights of Geographical Indications of Sumatra

Lintong Arabica Coffee.
The objectives of writing this thesis are: first, to find out the Socio-Economic Effects in
Protecting the Rights of Geographical Indications of Sumatra Lintong Arabica Coffee in
Humbang Hasundutan Regency. Second, to find out the Efforts That Can Be Taken in Obtaining
the Protection of the Rights of Geographical Indications. The research method in this thesis
uses a type of sociological legal research, namely research on the effectiveness of laws that live
in society. The nature of this thesis research is research descriptive which describes
systematically, the facts and characteristics of the object studied appropriately. The data source
used is the data source first, seconds and tertiary, the data collection technique in this study
was by interview method, and literature review, then after the data was collected, it was then
analysed to draw conclusions.

Based on the results of the research, the first conclusion can be drawn. The socio-
economic impact that occurred on the coffee farmers of the Sumatran Lintong Arabica Coffee

Observer Community (maspekal) as the owner of the right to the geographical indication of
Sumatera Lintong arabica coffee is a change in people's lives from previously wooden
dwellings to semi-permanent and permanent, changes to agricultural management from
previously only simple tools and using machine tools to help improve farming care and yields,
especially coffee. Second, violations committed intentionally and unintentionally must be
pursued by legal remedies to prevent further losses to the Sumatra Lintong Arabica Coffee
Observer Community in accordance with Law Number 20 of 2016 concerning Marks and
Geographical Indications.
Keywords: Geographical Indication-Legal Protection-Legal Remedies.