Discusses the legal requirements/options for joint venture/licensing in this market.
Last Published: 9/12/2019

Joint ventures involving U.S. and Salvadoran companies must be legally established in a contract signed by both parties.  Foreign investments, whether a joint venture, direct investment, partnership, branch or subsidiary, must be incorporated in El Salvador to operate.  Once incorporated and duly registered, the investment enjoys national treatment.

The Law for Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs includes licensing and raises protections for trademarks and distinctive signs to internationally accepted standards. This law also obliges national and foreign firms to register in the Commerce Registry and the Intellectual Property Registry. To have the exclusive right of the use of commercial names and trademarks, any expression and/or advertising sign, including patents and industrial designs, a lawyer or legal representative must register the trademark at: Centro Nacional de Registros
 

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