Ecuador - Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in Ecuador was 63.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 118.00 in 2013 and a minimum value of 6.00 in 1983.

Definition: Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of industrial products and handicrafts. They refer to the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of a useful article, including compositions of lines or colors or any three-dimensional forms that give a special appearance to a product or handicraft. The holder of a registered industrial design has exclusive rights against unauthorized copying or imitation of the design by third parties. Industrial design registrations are valid for a limited period. The term of protection is usually 15 years for most jurisdictions. However, differences in legislation do exist, notably in China (which provides for a 10-year term from the application date). Non-resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of a state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application is not domiciled. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Statistics Database at www.wipo.int/ipstats/. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1982 25.00
1983 6.00
1984 32.00
1986 24.00
1987 7.00
1988 27.00
1989 20.00
1992 20.00
1993 32.00
1994 26.00
1995 42.00
1996 47.00
1997 23.00
2000 30.00
2001 40.00
2002 61.00
2003 57.00
2004 76.00
2005 92.00
2006 60.00
2007 113.00
2008 27.00
2009 100.00
2010 110.00
2013 118.00
2014 70.00
2015 95.00
2016 65.00
2017 105.00
2018 107.00
2019 75.00
2020 63.00

Limitations and Exceptions: An industrial design right protects only the appearance or aesthetic features of a product, whereas a patent protects an invention that offers a new technical solution to a problem. In principle, an industrial design right does not protect the technical or functional features of a product. Industrial design registrations are valid for a limited period. The term of protection is usually 15 years for most jurisdictions. However, differences in legislation do exist, notably in China (which provides for a 10-year term from the application date). Data are based on information supplied to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by IP offices in annual surveys, supplemented by data in national IP office reports. Data may be missing for some offices or periods.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology