In the next months (and as result of Decree 356 issuance –which took place on 3 April 2018- ), the Ecuadorian Patent and Trademark Office (IEPI in Spanish) was transformed into the National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI). The new institution will assume the current functions of the IEPI (and will incorporate new ones). The transition must occur within a maximum period of 180 days (that is, before October 2018).
SENADI will protect all rights covered by intellectual property (copyright, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, commercial slogans, geographical indications, topographies, plant varieties, etc.), and will have changes in its organic structure.
