Los derechos de propiedad intelectual de los autores de las tesis universitarias de investigación jurídica

Abstract

The present research addresses the problem regarding the copyright that students have over their undergraduate academic research, compared to the transfer of copyright that the university requires as a requirement to obtain the law degree, for their benefit. For these purposes, the research was structured in three chapters, the first consisting of a conceptual theoretical framework; the second of a legal framework; the third of the discussion and analysis; finally presenting the conclusions and recommendations. As a general conclusion, it is established that although it is true the law guarantees intellectual property rights over their undergraduate research works to students; On the other hand, it is determined that in practice there could be a detriment to these caused by the free license that the university has on this research. Subsequently, from the research carried out, four recommendations are extracted that in their general sense suggest to the Ecuadorian legislator changes that balance both the intellectual property rights of the student, as well as the social purpose that the Ecuadorian university has in making academic works available to society that are stored in their repositories.