On March 6, 2020, the Director General of the Mexican Institute
of Industrial Property (IMPI) deposited the instrument of accession
to the (1999) Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, making Mexico the
first Spanish-speaking Latin American country to do so. At the same
time, the Senate is evaluating the draft of a new Mexican
industrial property (IP) law.
The new IP law will update and refresh the current legislation
after almost 30 years from its first publication, specifically in
relation to industrial designs. It will complement the April 2018
reform whereby the Mexican industrial design practice was modified
to meet the Hague Agreement requirements. The new draft bill under
consideration covers the entire Mexican IP system, including some
new changes in the industrial design chapter related to the
implementation of the Hague Agreement and maintaining the 2018
amendments.
