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Competition Buzz: A Historical Review of Ecuador’s Disloyal Competition Regulation

By  |  January 12, 2016

By: Luis Marín
PB&P Abogados

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    In order to understand Ecuador’s disloyal competition regulation regime one must begin with a small recount of its history. Regulation in this matter begins with Ecuador’s signing of the World Trade Agreement in 1996, leading to the adoption of the Trading Rights Intellectual Property Agreement (ADPIC or TRIP). It was at this moment, in 1998, that the country passed the Intellectual Property laws that still stand today.

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