A pronouncement from the IEPI is expected regarding that item also about other patent prosecution fees on which there is no certainty.

The increase in actions for IP violations in Bolivia over the last six years has allowed the National Intellectual Property Service (SENAPI) to assess the lack of regulations on certain aspects...

The previous rates made Ecuador one of the most expensive countries in the world to file, prosecute and maintain a patent.

After several years off the political agenda, the Uruguayan Parliament is debating the country's accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Before filing for a registration, it is recommended to request an Official Phonetic Search. For our VIP clients, we provide this service on a complimentary basis.

A three-year prison sentence has been handed down to one of the defendants in a case of significant media interest in which Ecuadorian authorities broke up an illegal network producing and distributing counterfeiting pharmaceuticals.

Processes and response times for trademark, slogan and trade name registrations should be reduced to six months.

On April 7, 2016, Ecuador ratified the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted in Marrakesh...

The National Service of Intellectual Property Rights (SENADI) confirmed the adoption of border measures on the import of a container with more than 600,000 counterfeit goods of different marks

In the first instance, SENADI rejected the opposition and granted the registration because there was no risk of confusion or association for consumers.

The XXII ASIPI Workshops and Board of Directors will be held in November 2020. Its organization is always an interesting job for the Organizing Committee that you Co-Chair.

Katherine González, CorralRosales's associate, wrote for the book "Intellectual Rights Volume 25", published by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).

Ecuador's trade mark system is what is known as "first-to-file". This means that simply using a mark in Ecuador confers little to no rights.

The "Código Orgánico de la Economía Social de los Conocimientos, Creatividad e Innovación," which supersedes the current Intellectual Property Law, was recently published on December 9, 2016.

The administrative authority and one or more private parties intervene in the vast majority of administrative procedures regarding Intellectual Property. Once this stage has been exhausted...

Our associate Katherine González, specialist in Intellectual Property, has published a new article in World Trademark Review on the contradictory criteria for the examination of trademarks...

El día 14 de julio 2021 el medio especializado en asuntos de Propiedad Intelectual, WTR – World Trademark Review publicó un artículo escrito por Andrea Miño Moncayo...

On July 14, 2021, World Trademark Review (WTR), the media specialized in Intellectual Property, published an article written by Andrea Miño Moncayo.