Prior art research regarding IPR utilization by SMEs took case study of pearl craftsmen/craftswomen in Amuntai and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat) province. The research was conducted through a quantitative method with surveys upon the perspectives of those SMEs toward IPR legal system. According to the research, it was found out that the there is a living value among the craftsmen/craftswomen that indicates a communal characteristic, either in regards to the sharing of knowledge in making of pearl handicrafts, or imitation of crafts’ designs, which are not considered as a legal problem for them. It was also found that the craftsmen/craftswomen are gathered in a community, who live in the same area and be known as a community of pearl handicrafts producers 22. Furthermore, another research focusing on Indonesian ethnic societies by Hokky Situngkir, titled ‘Evolutionary Clustering in Indonesian Etchnic Textile Motifs,’ also describes the phenomena of communalities, and each of the community residing at particular area has a distinguishing characteristic of textile motifs. For instance, motifs of batik cloths in Java will be different with motifs of songket cloth from Sumatra.