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In 1999, Ecuador enacted new fees for Intellectual Property cases.
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These are ONLY THE OFFICIAL FEES,
our professional fees must be added.
Contact us to request our professional fees.
1. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY: DISTINCTIVE SIGNS
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All fees in US dollars
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Type of request
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TM's
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Commercial Names
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Slogans
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Trade Dresses
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Geographic Origin Indications
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1.1
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New Applications for registration
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$55
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$55
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$55
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$55
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$105
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1.2
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Renewal Applications, Assignments, changes of name or address, Licensing Agreements
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$30
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$30
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$30
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$30
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$30
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1.3
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Issuance of Registration Certificates (New marks, assignments, change of name, etc.)
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$30
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$30
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$30
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$30
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$30
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1.4
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Searches
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$5.00
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$5.00
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$5.00
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$10
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$5.00
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1.5
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Cancellation actions, Oppositions
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$80
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$80
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$80
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$80
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$80
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2. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY: PATENTS AND OTHERS
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Type of request:
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Patents
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Utility Models
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Industrial Models and Designs
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Layout Designs
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2.1
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Applications for registration
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$110
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$110
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$110
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$110
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2.2
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Assignments, changes of names, changes of address. Licensing Agreements
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$30
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$30
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$30
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$30
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2.3
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Certificate of registration or concession of rights (certificate issuance)
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$55
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$55
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$55
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$55
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2.4
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Official searches
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$16
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$16
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$16
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$16
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2.5
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Expert fees for Examination from
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$55 - $300
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$55- $300
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2.6
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Annuities *
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$30
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* Annuities must be paid within the first three months of each year of maintenance
(counted as from the month of application). When lack of payment of annuities occur, the Patent Office grants a
grace term of six
months prior to declare expiration of the patent.
3. PLANT VARIETIES, PROTECTION
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Type of request:
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3.1
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Applications for registration or concession of rights
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$110
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$30
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3.2
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Applications for modification of registrations, Recordal of Agreement
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$30
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$15
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3.3
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Certificate of registration or concession of rights (certificate issuance)
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$80
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$30
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3.4
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Certificate of official searches of registrations and pending applications
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$12
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$6.00
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3.5
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Examinations prior to the concession of a registration
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$55 - $300
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$55 - $300
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3.6
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Cancellation actions of registrations
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$80
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$80
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3.7
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Annuities
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$30
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$30
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3.8
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Maintenance fee for living samples
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$55 - $300
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$55 - $300
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* Ornamental, vegetables, fruits, caducifolios, pastures, oil palm, corn and sorghum (hybrids) sunflower.
** Grain leguminous, tubercles and roots, Andean species and others not included in Group A.
The maintenance fee must be paid within the first 3 months of each year
of maintenance (counted as from the month of application)
4. COPYRIGHTS AND RELATED RIGHTS
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Type of request
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FEE
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4.1
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Applications for registration, base, data, audiovisual works, software and others included in art. 8 of Int. Property Law
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$6.00
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4.2
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Applications requesting permits for operation of corporations with cooperative management
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$270
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4.3
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Registration of applications of cooperative management in the National Copyrights Registry
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$100
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5. GENERAL (for all cases)
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Type of request
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FEE
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1.
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Certified copies of documents (per page)
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$0.50
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2.
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Certified copies for each administrative petition.
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$2.00
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3.
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Expert examinations conducted by the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property
Institute
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$55 - $300
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4.
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Actions requesting institutional protection
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$80
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Inspections conducted by the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Institute regarding the institutional protection
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$55 - $600
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Opposition
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$80
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7.
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Petitions of reposition until the same administrative authority
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$30
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8.
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Appeals, revisions, and extraordinary revisions
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$45
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9.
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Deposit of know how, trade secrets
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$20
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10.
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Applications for protection certificates (provisional
protection for patents)
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$60
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This page was last updated
29 Nov 2005
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