Coownership In Mexico: Navigating In The Open Innovation Arena

Introduction

The increase in open innovation and the importance of collaboration in the business and scientific spheres have led to a growing need to deal with coownership. Some legal systems have clear coownership rules that are specific to IP rights. However, in Mexico, intellectual property is dealt with under the general rules applicable to all types of property, meaning that at times the provisions are not as clear as they could be, considering that most of the laws are designed to deal with tangible property rather than intangible assets such as IP rights.

Therefore, the laws must be interpreted in terms of the unique features of IP rights. This update examines such interpretation in the context of IP¬based business transactions.