Appointing A Trademark Attorney In Mexico In Madrid Protocol Designations

In Mexico, several Madrid Registrations lack of a local attorney of record. Therefore, it is unclear how trademark owners will be summoned in case someone executes a cancellation or invalidation action. It is also unclear how a registrant could appear as third interested party in appeals prosecuted at the Special IP Court.

It is possible that the service of summons will be carried out through a publication in the Federal Official Journal or the Official Gazette. However, there is the possibility that the publication is not detected.

In such scenario, the cancellation or invalidation action may be served and decided without knowledge of the registrant. By the time the registrant is aware that the protection in Mexico has been invalidated or cancelled, it could be too late to file an appeal or another legal remedy.