Intellectual Property
Latin America Guide 2025 : Ecuador
Band 2
About
Provided by BUSTAMANTE FABARA
TEAM
Partners: José Rafael Bustamante E., María Rosa Fabara, María Clara Bustamante
Director: Andrés Becdach, Pablo Fabara, Mónica Jarrín
Senior Associate: José Antonio Fabara, Óscar Reyes, Sebastián Páez
Associate: Esteban Pérez, Juan Carlos Montenegro, Andrea Tinajero
BUSTAMANTE FABARA has a division specialized in advising and attending to all aspects related to the protection of intellectual property rights and new technologies. In these aspects represents and is responsible for the protection of intellectual property rights of natural or legal persons, national or foreign, in Ecuador and other countries.
Its members are members of different national and international associations, especially for the protection of intellectual property rights, such as, “International Trademark Association” (INTA), “International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property” (AIPPI), “American Intellectual Property Law Association” (AIPLA), “European Communities Trade Mark Association” (ECTA), the Interamerican Association for Industrial Property (ASIPI), Licensing Executive Society Colombia/Ecuador/Peru (LES). This allows the members of the Firm to be fully informed about the situation of Intellectual Property in other countries, which has been a propitious opportunity to establish close relationships with lawyers and intellectual property agents around the world, with whose firms several correspondents are maintained.
Chambers Review
BUSTAMANTE FABARA has a dynamic IP department with a robust practice advising on trade mark matters. The skilled legal team counsels on trade mark registrations, renewals and infringement actions, as well as assisting with administrative and judicial litigation. The intellectual property practice group possesses additional expertise in representing clients in nullity actions and patent applications. BUSTAMANTE FABARA's client roster encompasses the entertainment, technology and fashion industries.
Work Highlights
- BUSTAMANTE FABARA represented Delta Air Lines and Delta Hotels in the filing of oppositions against Marriott Hotels' trade mark registration applications, which included the phrase “Delta Hotels”.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Every member that we have worked with at BUSTAMANTE FABARA has been professional, knowledgeable and extremely helpful."
"Every member that we have worked with at BUSTAMANTE FABARA has been professional, knowledgeable and extremely helpful."
Notable Practitioners
Stellar partner María Rosa Fabara Vera has an exceptional track record in Ecuador advising clients on trade mark cases and unfair competition mandates. She routinely caters to an impressive raft of clients spanning a range of key industries in the country, such as food and beverages and forest management.
"María Rosa Fabara Vera is very service-minded, she has strong commercial awareness and her advice is pragmatic."
Ranked Lawyers at
BUSTAMANTE FABARA
Ecuador
Members
Provided by BUSTAMANTE FABARA
Andrés Becdach
José Antonio Fabara
José Rafael Bustamante E.
Head of Department
Mónica Jarrín Naranjo
Pablo Fabara
Sebastián Páez
Óscar Reyes
Clients
Provided by BUSTAMANTE FABARA
Adidas International Marketing B.V.
Asia Pulp & Paper (App) Sinar Mas
Bayer Intellectual Property
Calvin Klein Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Colombina S.A.
Finisweets Internacional S.L.U.
Google LLC
Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. De C.V.
Grupo Gloria S.A.
Heineken Ecuador S.A.
Jabonería Wilson
Laboratorios Nutripharma SAS
Mastercard Worldwide
Mondelez
NBA Properties, Inc.
Perry Ellis International Group Holdings Limited
Viacom CBS, Inc.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Zodiac International Corporation
Industries
Provided by BUSTAMANTE FABARA
Banking
Cosmetology
Electricity
Entertainment
Fashion
Food & Beverages
Pharmaceutical
Retail
Sports
Technology