Análisis de la aplicación de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual en las importaciones del Ecuador durante el año 2017 y el primer semestre del 2018

Abstract

The theme seeks to publicize the influence of the Intellectual Property Law on imports from our country. A verification of the applicability of the customs regulations in prevention of the violation of intellectual property rights in imports is carried out and a brief analysis of relevant cases in which the customs law has made it possible to detect the violation of the intellectual property rights in the imports. Intellectual property is the right that people have for the creation of objects or new ideas. The Intellectual Property Law establishes as one of the functions of the State to comply with the intellectual property right. The right of intellectual property can no longer be ignored, in the National Customs Service of Ecuador there are sanctions for the SENAE customs officials if in the execution of the capacity it is asserted that intellectual property rights have been infringed, for the operators of the trade external must take into account the documents prior to the negotiation where the intellectual property right is included, in the directions of dispatch and control of primary area the servants and servants must take into account the intellectual property at the time of registration of notifications or observations. In this way it is possible to control in a more feasible way at the time of importing the entry of trademarks without authorization and to avoid the violation of intellectual property rights.