Accession To The Hague System

On June 6, 2020, Mexico acceded to the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, governed by the Hague Agreement. Under the Hague Agreement, industrial designs protect ornamental aspects of an object. However, each country has its own legislation for the protection of industrial designs. For example, in some countries, industrial designs are protected under patent law and are known as design patents. In Mexico, in very general terms, industrial designs are regulated under the laws governing inventions and are classified in two categories: (1) industrial drawings (combination of figures, lines, and colors in two dimensions) and (2) industrial models (tridimensional shapes).