Ecuador - Industrial design applications, resident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, resident, by count in Ecuador was 53.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 246.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 14.00 in 2000.

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). Resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of the state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application has residence. 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 45.00
1983 44.00
1984 38.00
1986 67.00
1987 57.00
1988 45.00
1989 42.00
1992 75.00
1993 54.00
1994 21.00
1995 32.00
1996 69.00
1997 19.00
2000 14.00
2001 18.00
2002 21.00
2003 25.00
2004 22.00
2005 49.00
2006 29.00
2007 72.00
2008 75.00
2009 26.00
2010 52.00
2013 82.00
2014 80.00
2015 65.00
2016 71.00
2017 192.00
2018 246.00
2019 79.00
2020 53.00

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