Licensing Strategies In Mexico

As is well known, Mexico has recently opened its economy and is now fully inserted in the worldwide globalization process.

For this reason Mexico is now in need of modern technologies, which are not available within the country, that may enable it to become competitive at the international level. Mexican companies need to attain competitiveness in a very short time, which means that technology acquisition through licensing may be regarded as the most favored alternative since local R&D activities have not fully developed.

In order to make the Mexican market more attractive for foreign technology owners and investors, the legal frame in Mexico has been drastically modified to transform the previous defensive statutes into modern and efficient laws which are designed to encourage both local R&D and technology transfer.