The title of this law study is Legal Protection for Brand Owners in
Preventing Distribution of Counterfeit Goods. This study aims to obtain,
understand, and analyze the juridical factors which cause the Distribution of
counterfeit goods to the community and how governments and brand owners can
prevent counterfeit goods. The methods in this study use a normative approach
that is juridical normative approach, meaning that legal research focuses on the
positive legal norms. Distribution of goods and services in society have widened
because of free trade, therefore,it causes trade market without borders. Trade of
goods and services have been expanded so that they make the brand has a
particularly important role in maintaining healthy competition.. In the trading of
goods and services, the role of the owner as the party who has full rights to the
brand product is to prevent violations of the brand. As example of violations that
often occur among societies are counterfeiting of goods that increased causes
public demand on counterfeit goods which has increased dramatically and then
finally the distribution of its in society increased as well. Beside that, sociological
factors, economic and culture that exist in society have contributed to the
Distribution of counterfeit goods in society. As a result of this study, legal
protection for brand owners to prevent the distribution of counterfeit goods has
not yet fully done either by the brand owner itself or the government because
various constraints. There are still rules of the brand has crime by accusation so it
is only the brand owner who is active to prevent the distribution of counterfeit
goods.