New Technical Committee Mechanism.

Among the novelties contained in the recent Reform that entered in force to Mexico’s Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI) is the creation of a completely new Specialized Technical Committee (integrated by at least three members) constituted by the Mexican PTO’s (IMPI’s) Board of Directors.

This new Technical Committee will be responsible for determining if a request for the issuance of a mandatory resolution of a pending application should proceed. The request for the issuance of a mandatory resolution is made by the applicant and applies for all patent, utility model and design applications that incurred in unjustifiable delays during prosecution.