Trademarks in Ecuador and Andean Community countries

The system is based on first-to-file rule.  Trademark right is acquired by registration of the mark with the Trademark Registry Office, by a term of protection of ten years. Our country is member of the Andean Community, formerly by Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, and we have the same Intellectual Property Law (entitled: Decision 486 of the Andean Community).

In Andean Community countries, it is not possible to file a multi-class trademark application. To obtain protection in each additional class, a separate application must be filed, inasmuch as official registration fees and taxes that are paid separately.  The cost is the same.

Documentation required for filing a trademark application is:

1. Order letter by fax, applicant name and address, list of goods to be covered and international class.
2. The unique document required is a Power of Attorney form, executed by your client, legalized before a Notary Public and before the Consulate of Ecuador; and,
3. Labels, if it consist in design.

We have a legal term of sixty working days, counted after filing the application, in order to complete with Power of Attorney form and it is possible to require extension of time. 

Please take into account that commercial slogan is acceptable for registration as well as if a logo consists of a color it is claimed within a specific form.

Power of Attorney:

Please download the below PDF file if you are interested in working with us and ready to sign the Power of Attorney document. Print, sign and fax it back to: (593-2) 256 3262

 power.pdf (30 KB)