The Free Trade Agreement between Dominican Republic, Central America and United States of America (CAFTA-DR) has resulted in substantial amendments to the intellectual property field in El Salvador. Generally the amendments, which affect most of Central America, are focused mainly in the Copyrights field.
CAFTA incorporates into the Salvadoran internal laws the following treaties into Salvadoran law: The Patent Cooperation Treaty (1970); The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1980); The WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996) and The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996). El Salvador is expected to ratify the following treaties before January 1, 2008: The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1991); The Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (1974) and "The Trademark Law Treaty (1994). El Salvador has also agreed
