Ketut Denny Aryasa faced two years imprisonment charge for suspected violation of intellectual property rights in an assembly held at Denpsar court of law. The owner of PT Bali Jewellry has been proven guilty for violating the first sentence article number 72 of intellectual property law number 19/2002. In the assembly led by Judge Nyoman Gede Wirya, the general attorney Agung Kusumayasa also charged the defendant for a fine of five million rupiah convertible to additional six months in jail. The general attorney also deemed the defendant for immediate imprisonment.

Prior to his final sentence the general attorney explained that anybody who has been proven to intentionally and unlawfully annouce and/or replicate protected invention can be deemed as violation to intelectual property right. Therfore the defendant – owner of PT Bali Jewelry – has to be sentenced guilty and punished equally.

Supporting facts included nine evidences, jewelry in crocodile motive, confiscated form the defendant, five ow hich presened in the assembly. The motive was not invented by the devendant. The devendant instead replicated the invention registered by John Hardy of PT Karya Tangan Indah to the directorate general of intelectual property right, the minstry of law and human rights.

After the assembly one of the defendant’s advocate Haposan Sihombing, S.H. told the press that he appreciated what the general attorney had to say in his capacity. However he believes that the general attorney has waived a number of legal evidences shich supposed to benefit the devendant position.

As earlier published in a number of local media, during the period between 2005-2006 Deny Aryasa has formed CV Bali Jewelry, producing silver jewelry at the same motive invented by PT KTI, which brought into online marketplace through his website www.balijewel.com. The case shown up when a US corporate buyer bought similar product to KTI’s but at lower price from Bali Jewelry.