Quevedo & Ponce Attorneys and Counsellors at Law | Ecuador

Through Decree No. 118, published in Official Gazette No. 67 of November 16, 2009, the Constitutional President of the Republic declared of public interest the access to medicines used for the treatment of diseases affecting the Ecuadorian population, so that compulsory licenses may be granted on patents for human use medicaments.

Last month the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Carlos Manosalvas Silva attorney from our law firm attended to the “American University, AU” located in Washington D.C., to the Sixth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration. This Congress treated subjects like: Preliminary Steps in ICSID Arbitration; The Arbitration Request; Presentations and Discussions on the Selection, Rights, Duties and Role of the Arbitrator, etc.

After more 11 years of litigation, the Chamber of the Administrative Tribunal of the National Court of Justice issued its final decision on November 10, 2009 resolving to reject the complaint filed by BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY e INVERSIONES PLURIMARCAS C.A.

Dr. Alejandro Ponce Martínez has been invited to attend the INTA "Leadership Metting" that will take place in Miammi Beach Florida on November 11-14, 2009

Dr. Alejandro Ponce-Villacís has been invited to attend the World Justice Forum II that will take place in Vienna Autria on Nov. 11-14, 2009. In this Forum, 300 leaders representing 80 countries will discuss on the rule of Law in the world. The Forum is organized by the World Justice Project. Further information is found at http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/forum/"