Still In The Ballgame

On November 21, 2007, the Mexican Deputies voted, on a first stage of approval, in favor of amendments in the Federal Law on Administrative Procedure, which exclude Industrial Property matters from its scope. The Federal Law on Administrative Procedure formerly allowed interested parties to appeal the decisions issued by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (MIIP) including rejections of distinctive signs, litigations related to trademarks, copyrights and inventions, etc., through the Review Recourse or through the Nullity Trial, prosecuted and decided, in turn, by the Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs ("FCTAA").

The amendments proposed rely on Section 1 of the Federal Law on Administrative Procedure as follows: