Los contratos de franquicia y el derecho a la seguridad jurídica del franquiciado

Abstract

He present research work was carried out with the objective of determining the degree of affectation to the legal security of the determined contractual part, the weakest that is the franchisee, for which the investigation instrument of the interview was applied. Likewise, the clauses within the subscription of a franchise agreement, the events to the subsequent repetition in them, the controversies within the franchisor / franchisee relationship or the possible contingencies to be raised are analyzed; the scope of Ecuadorian legislation under the protection of franchisee rights, since it owns the licenses provided to it, but not the brand itself. The impact of this research is at the national level and throughout Ecuador this type of commercial activities is developed, contacting the fundamental factor that is making it possible to demonstrate the shortcomings will finally contribute to generating legal certainty to the parties.