Changes in the legal framework
Year 2018 left the Mexican patent system an inheritance which
consequences are yet to be seen but are not as promising in the
patent prosecution arena.
As of 28 April 2018, according with new Mexican IP law
provisions all patent, utility model and design applications should
be published. As of the date of publication of the corresponding
application, all files will be open to public inspection. Because
of this change, in the reforms published in May 2018 to the Mexican
Industrial Property Law (IPL), the Mexican Institute of Industrial
Property (IMPI) succeeded in including provisions so that
notification of official communication from IMPI to applicants will
be published through IMPI's official gazette instead of
notifying personally or by certified mail.
