| Subject Matter: | Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Competition, Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Genetic Resources, Geographical Indications, Industrial Designs, Industrial Property, IP Regulatory Body, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Patents (Inventions), Plant Variety Protection, Trade Names, Trademarks, Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge (TK), Transfer of Technology, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Utility Models |
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Intellectual property rights includes:
1. Copyright and related rights;
2. Industrial property, which comprises: inventions, industrial designs, layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits, undisclosed information and trade secrets; trademarks, service marks and commercial slogans; distinctive appearance of business and commercial establishments; trade names, geographical indications; and any other intellectual creation intended for agricultural, industrial or commercial use.
3. Plant varieties.
The law recognizes the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI) as the administrative body responsible for promoting and protecting, on behalf of the State, intellectual property rights. Notwithstanding the civil and criminal actions that, on this matter, should be known by the Judiciary.
Date of entry into force, see Final Provisions No. 2.2: The provisions of this Act, its amendments and repeals are in effect from the dates of the publications in the Official Gazette.