Intellectual property and economic integration in the Andean Community: Barriers to an Andean Patent

Abstract

This paper presents the first results of research aimed at evaluating the model industrial property protection in the Andean Community of Nations. The common system of industrial property and its implementation in each of the member countries of the Union is analyzed. It also analyzes the internal rules of the Andean countries, and concludes by pointing out some political, economic and regulatory hurdles that undermine the policies of integration of CAN, and preclude the creation of an Andean Community patent. Andean legislation and the domestic legislation on industrial property in the Andean Community of Nations were analyzed. We reviewed literature and technical reports on innovation and industrial property in the region, national innovation programs and indicators patents.

Keywords

• propiedad industrial
• régimen común
• comunidad andina de naciones
• patente comunitaria
• patentes