Declarations Of Use: New Requirement To Keep Trademarks In Force

Anew requirement to keep trademarks in force has been raised as a result of an amendment to the previous Mexican Industrial Property Law, which is sustained in the provisions of the new Federal Industrial Property Law (IP Law). Right-holders of Mexican Trademark Registrations, in order to maintain their registrations and keep them alive, must now file a Declaration of Actual and Effective Use (DoU) of their trademarks in Mexico for the products or services protected, and which are actually and effectively in use in Mexico, before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)

The principal reason behind this amendment is to give more importance to the use of trademarks in Mexico.