Intellectual Property
Global Guide 2024 : Ecuador
Band 1
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Our highly specialized team advises local and foreign clients on all areas of intellectual and industrial property, including:
- Negotiating and/or structuring IP-related contracts including licensing, franchising and distribution agreements.
- Trademark registration and portfolio management. We offer trademark protection strategies and our internal database enables us to monitor new brand names and help our clients stay on top of trademark renewals.
- Protecting new plant varieties including flowers, fruits, or vegetables.
- Copyright protection for photographs, architectural works, software, etc.
- Advocating for our clients in trademark matters such as oppositions, administrative appeals, actions for cancellation.
- Defending clients from third-party infringement of intellectual property. In complex cases, we work with PBP´s experienced dispute resolution team.
- Assessment of intellectual property portfolios and identification of potential risks in mergers and acquisitions.
- Training marketing and sales teams in Ecuadorian advertising and labeling regulations and reviewing promotional and advertising material to avoid infringements and ensure regulatory compliance.
Chambers Review
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a premium full-service firm with a well-regarded IP practice in Ecuador. The legal team is frequently retained by major multinationals to assist them with the management of trade mark portfolios, including registration, opposition and infringement. The intellectual property department possesses additional expertise in patent prosecution, plant varieties and contentious administrative IP proceedings. Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is also known to advise on publicity issues and anti-counterfeiting actions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a firm with many resources, technical knowledge and agility, an amalgam of factors that allows them to act with agility and solidity in the face of complex matters."
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a long-standing practice, and it has never lost its great reputation and outstanding position in the market. The matters are impeccably administered and their response is accurate, effective and fast."
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a firm with many resources, technical knowledge and agility, an amalgam of factors that allows them to act with agility and solidity in the face of complex matters."
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a long-standing practice, and it has never lost its great reputation and outstanding position in the market. The matters are impeccably administered and their response is accurate, effective and fast."
Notable Practitioners
Admired partner and head of department Francisco Pérez Gangotena is renowned for managing significant trade mark portfolios and high-profile litigation proceedings in the Ecuadorian IP sphere. Clients also highlight his client service as a key strength.
"Francisco Pérez Gangotena is a great professional and a wonderful person. He leads the IP department, never losing client contact and service awareness. He is always willing to help and follows his clients' trade mark portfolios with extreme care.
"Francisco Pérez Gangotena is always aware of our issues and sometimes provides approaches or suggestions that enrich the advice provided by other team members."
Partner Margarita Romero is active handling an array of IP matters in Ecuador, including trade mark registrations and opposition and nullity actions.
"Margarita Romero is an experienced and well-known attorney in IP mandates."
Camila Mateus joins the table this year as an associate to watch after attracting extensive praise from the market for her activity in the IP field in Ecuador.
"Camila Mateus stands out, she is amazing. I like to work with her whenever I can."
Associate-to-watch Rafael González-Gómez de la Torre garners noteworthy praise for his activity in the Ecuadorian IP arena.
"Rafael González-Gómez de la Torre helped us in the revision of our entire portfolio, which was a very complex piece of work."
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