The Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property
(IEPI) has launched a program for the optimization and
automatization of procedures within the framework of the
National Plan for the Simplification of Procedures. The new online
processes will speed up the applications and registrations
filed before the IEPI and reduce the response times.
Processes and response times for trademark, slogan and trade
name registrations should be reduced to six months.
Additionally, the response time for distinctive sign
oppositions will be reduced to nine months.
The IEPI has also reported that the number of requirements for
the inscription of the following contracts will be reduced:
databases, computer programs, audiovisual works, literary
works and phonograms. The response time for these processes
will be one day.
