Administrative Tutorship In Ecuador

The Ecuadorian trademark legislation in effect in the Intellectual Property Law determines that the registration of a trademark confers upon its owner the right to take action against third parties if the trademark is used without the owner’s consent, especially if it used on products or services that are identical or similar to the products or services protected by the registered trademark, in any of the following cases:

1. Use in trade of a symbol that is identical or similar to a registered trademark used on products or services that are identical or similar to the products or services protected by the registered trademark, when the use of such symbol can cause confusion or can produce for the owner monetary or commercial damage or can prompt a dilution or loss in the trademark’s distinctive force;