TY - JOUR KW - Intellectual property KW - intellectual property KW - Cultural legislation KW - Law KW - cultural legislation KW - Derecho KW - Direito KW - legislação culturelle KW - legislación cultural KW - propiedad intelectual KW - propriété intellectuelle AU - Oscar Pérez-Peña AB - The present work aims to assess the main challenges of the legal protection and management of Ecuadorian cultural heritage, taking into account international and national theoretical references to understand its status. The cultural legislation Objective: it’s analyzed, in particular, Organic Culture Law of year 2016, and its current Regulation of 2017. Aspects related to protection of intangible cultural heritage and its relationship with system of protection intellectual collective property rights are valued of Ecuadorian communities and peoples. Methodology: The methodology used takes into account, from the perspective of transdisciplinarity and logical methods, historical-sociological, cultural and legal elements, which implies the combination of methods of the social sciences in general, and of legal sciences in particular. As Results, there are legal protection and management challenges such as: the integration of responsible subjects with these assets, through the transfer of competences, in preservation processes, especially in the community context. Insufficient management mechanisms in the protection measures of the historical centers, as well as strategies between the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and the administrative office that deals with collective intellectual property rights over traditional knowledge of different communities and social groups. In Conclusion, although legal protection and management is evident in the public policies and cultural legislation adopted, there are many challenges that this country presents in this area. BT - Revista Lasallista de Investigación DO - 10.22507/rli.v15n2a15 LA - English; Portuguese; Spanish M1 - 2 N1 - Publisher: Corporacion Universitaria Lasallista N2 - The present work aims to assess the main challenges of the legal protection and management of Ecuadorian cultural heritage, taking into account international and national theoretical references to understand its status. The cultural legislation Objective: it’s analyzed, in particular, Organic Culture Law of year 2016, and its current Regulation of 2017. Aspects related to protection of intangible cultural heritage and its relationship with system of protection intellectual collective property rights are valued of Ecuadorian communities and peoples. Methodology: The methodology used takes into account, from the perspective of transdisciplinarity and logical methods, historical-sociological, cultural and legal elements, which implies the combination of methods of the social sciences in general, and of legal sciences in particular. As Results, there are legal protection and management challenges such as: the integration of responsible subjects with these assets, through the transfer of competences, in preservation processes, especially in the community context. Insufficient management mechanisms in the protection measures of the historical centers, as well as strategies between the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and the administrative office that deals with collective intellectual property rights over traditional knowledge of different communities and social groups. In Conclusion, although legal protection and management is evident in the public policies and cultural legislation adopted, there are many challenges that this country presents in this area. PY - 2018 SP - 194 EP - 209 T2 - Revista Lasallista de Investigación TI - Desafíos de la protección jurídica y la gestión del patrimonio cultural ecuatoriano UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85141809479&doi=10.22507%2fRLI.V15N2A15&partnerID=40&md5=6a263b3793369c3e55c7fd777b66e62e VL - 15 SN - 17944449 (ISSN) ER -