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Picture this: An employee in your Mexican subsidiary recently left the company and has started a legal action for copyright and patent infringement against your company. Sure, the employee collaborated with the improvement of a machine and a few designs, but it was part of his job and clearly they do not belong to the employee.

Despite not being as high as other parts of the world, the reported numbers of COVID-19 cases in Mexico are increasing and has doubled the number this past weekend. Like we did back in 2009

Esta solución puede requerir patentes, diseños industriales, marcas registradas o aún un secreto industrial.

Este artículo se publicó previamente en la revista Entrepreneur, Vol. 26, No. 4, Abril de 2018.

¿Le gustaría aumentar la protección de su marca en México e incluso (en algunas cosas) en el extranjero? ¿Qué le parecería poder impedir que alguien registrara SU marca para productos diferentes o en otro país?

Would you like to broaden your trademarks protection in Mexico and (in some cases) abroad? Would you like to be able to stop third parties from registering YOUR mark for different goods and services in Mexico or other country?

Mexico's statutory IP law, the Industrial Property Law (enacted in 1991 and modified in 1994), resulted from NAFTA negotiations with the United States and Canada and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

There is no question that intellectual property licensing has played a major role in today's business and economy. Nobody would disagree that companies in a modern world can only grow on the basis of technology or other intangible properties and that Jicensing is essential for achieving that goal.

The Mexican Industrial Property Law (MIPL) states in Article 213 what is considered in Mexico as an "Administrative Infringement", among which, Fractions XI to XIV refer specifically to patents.

Trademark counterfeiting is regulated in Mexican Industrial Property Law.