We protect your brands against counterfeiting, smuggling and illegal sales in physical and digital channels. We combine criminal, administrative, customs, civil and constitutional actions with the forensic intelligence of Fextor.
Illicit trade does more than take sales from your company: it puts your consumers and your reputation at risk. That is why we aim to get there before the goods do.
We design a protection program tailored to your company, bringing together intelligence, legal action and work with the authorities. These are its fronts.
Analysis of the routes, players and structures of the organizations that trade in illicit goods.
A legal strategy that turns information into solid actions before the authorities.
Identification of infringing online sellers and management of the takedown of their listings.
Monitoring of Ecuador's foreign trade to anticipate suspicious shipments.
Suspension of customs operations when infringement of your intellectual property is suspected.
Management and support of enforcement raids with the competent authorities.
Meetings with authorities and awareness campaigns aimed at consumers.
Legal action and representation of your company in every proceeding.
A border measure allows a customs operation to be suspended when the goods are suspected of infringing your intellectual property rights. This is how we activate it with your company.
Using artificial intelligence and forensic analysis, we review imports and exports to identify suspicious shipments.
We request the suspension of the customs operation on goods that would use your brand without authorization.
The intellectual property authority must confirm the measure within a maximum of three days.
Once the measure is confirmed, we bring the appropriate legal actions through criminal, administrative or civil channels.
We stay with the process until it concludes and coordinate with the authorities on what happens to the goods.
Every case combines investigation, legal action and coordination with the authorities. These are the services we use to protect your company.
Together with Fextor, our sister company, we operate the only forensic laboratory in the region dedicated to protecting intellectual property. We analyze the structures of criminal organizations so we can act with precision.
We use artificial intelligence and forensic analysis to monitor Ecuador's imports and exports and anticipate containers carrying counterfeit or smuggled goods, or goods bearing your brand without authorization.
We request the suspension of customs operations on suspicious goods and follow up on their confirmation and on subsequent actions. We coordinate with our customs law practice.
We file criminal complaints and private prosecutions, administrative protection actions and lawsuits, and we defend the measures before national bodies and the Andean Community. We work alongside our criminal law practice.
We identify and contact those who sell infringing products on the web and on social media. This work has achieved a 72.4% success rate in voluntary listing takedowns.
We manage enforcement raids, public-private meetings with authorities and awareness campaigns so consumers can recognize the original product.
We combine specialized lawyers with Fextor's investigators and expert witnesses. That combination allows us to anticipate the moves of illicit trade, not just react to them.
With the artificial intelligence of Fextor and Fexlaw, we stopped two counterfeit shipments for an international pesticide company, in November 2024 and January 2025, and prevented them from clearing customs.
Products that imitate your brand.
Goods that evade controls.
Your brand on third-party products.
Illegal sales online and on social media.
Suspension of customs operations.
Analysis of the organizations behind them.
Criminal complaint and private prosecution.
Public-private coordination.
Spirits are one of the United Kingdom's main exports to Ecuador. With that in mind, you can count on the Embassy's support for the activities you have planned to combat this problem.
The Fexlaw team is very solid and has helped us a great deal with the intellectual property infringement investigations and information analysis we need in the region. It is a highly qualified team.
We are satisfied with the quality of their services and the close professional relationship we have built. We recommend Fexlaw's legal services for their professional and multidisciplinary excellence.
Matters we have worked on, described without revealing our clients' identities.
With the artificial intelligence of Fextor and Fexlaw, we applied border measures that stopped two counterfeit shipments, in November 2024 and January 2025, and prevented more than one hundred thousand illegitimate pesticide products from clearing customs.
A border measure prevented more than 25,000 units impersonating our client's brand from clearing customs. The goods were handed over to the Prosecutor's Office. Case led by Alicia Salgado and Daniel Calderón of Fextor.
A foreign trade operator brought a claim against Ecuador before the Andean Community over the detention of goods unfit for human consumption. Our defense argued that the measures were justified because the products were sensitive and high-risk, and the General Secretariat of the Andean Community ruled along those lines.
Every case is different. Results in previous matters do not guarantee a similar outcome in other cases.
We listen to your situation in full confidence and review the information available.
We identify risks, outstanding obligations and priorities for your company.
We propose the roadmap, timeline and team, including any other practice areas of the firm that need to be involved.
A lead lawyer coordinates everything and keeps you clearly informed at every step.
Leaders League recognizes Fexlaw in the Anti-Piracy, Compliance and Anti-Smuggling category and has ranked it in Band 1 for Criminal Law and Compliance for six years. Fexlaw is also recognized by Chambers and Partners, IP STARS and WTR 1000, and by the British Embassy for its work combating illicit trade.
Intellectual property, criminal and customs lawyers, together with Fextor's investigators and expert witnesses, with a presence in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
General answers to common questions. Every company is different: write to us so we can review your situation.
It is a mechanism that allows a customs operation to be suspended when the goods are suspected of infringing intellectual property rights. The intellectual property authority must confirm it within a maximum of three days, after which the right holder brings legal action.
For most actions, yes: registration with SENADI (Ecuador's IP office) is what proves your right. If you do not have it yet, our intellectual property practice can guide you through registration.
Keep photos, invoices, addresses or links where you found them, without confronting the seller. With that information, we assess the most appropriate route: criminal, administrative, customs or civil.
We identify and contact the infringers and manage the takedown of the listings. We have achieved a 72.4% success rate in voluntary takedowns, although each case depends on the platform and the infringer.
The Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP) punishes trademark counterfeiting and piracy on a commercial scale. There are also administrative actions before SENADI and civil actions to claim damages.
Choose the option that best describes your situation and we will message you directly on WhatsApp to book a confidential initial meeting.
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