Ecuador

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Ecuador has one of the most comprehensive and advanced IP legislative frameworks in the Americas. Passed in 1998, the IP Law covers patents, trademarks, designs, utility models, trade secrets, semiconductor chips, copyrights (with sections dealing with software, digital databases and audiovisual works), neighbouring rights, unfair competition, online infringement and rights protection.

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