El Salvador’s Commission on Salvadorans Abroad, Legislation, and Government supports a new Intellectual Property Law aimed at fostering innovation and creativity. This initiative also seeks to enhance the dissemination of information, knowledge, technology, culture, and the arts.
Deputies reviewed the proposed law’s 340 articles, set to replace the current 30-year-old legislation. To gather technical insights, they consulted Camilo Trigueros, Executive Director of the National Registration Center (CNR), and Salvador Lizama, Director of Intellectual Property.
Trigueros highlighted that the existing law has protected works by artists like Fernando Llort and Salarrué but needs updating. «Intellectual property boosts production and creativity, promoting social, cultural, and economic development,» he said.
The new law will protect literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and models used in commerce. It also includes establishing the Salvadoran Institute of Intellectual Property (ISPI) for simplified, digitized services.
«We aim to make it easier for Salvadorans to start businesses, register trademarks, patents, and ideas,» said Ana Figueroa, Commission President.
The law will also incentivize scientific research and creation by reducing service costs, supporting economic reactivation, and promoting innovation.