On March 22, 2021, the Decree reforming Article 8 of the Federal Cinematography Law (LFC) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation and establishes, among other things that...

The Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) announced the elaboration of two guidelines on prior requirements to the submission of marketing authorizations...

Webinar - How Changes To Patent And Health Laws Will Impact Life Sciences Companies In Mexico

Some of our clients have been asking for our assessment in connection with information they have received from certain Mexican colleagues concerning the declaration of actual and effective use which will be required ...

On May 15, 2026, one day after its publication in the Official Federal Gazette, the amendment to the Federal Copyright Law (LFDA) regarding the rights of performing artists entered into force. The reform arrived with a politically attractive narrative: shielding dubbing voice actors —and artistic talent in general— from the cloning of image and voice through artificial intelligence (AI).

A highly practical webinar focused on the uncertain world of how to protect Biologics in Latin America.

Following our newsletter dated on June 25 2021, related with increment of gray market of medicines in Mexico. In many of those cases, importers and distributors alleged...

Pursuant to the Mexican Federal Gazzette published on November 25, 2020; the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) will close for winter holidays period from December 20 2020, opening back on January 6th, 2021.

On December 7th the Mexican regulatory agency COFEPRIS approved the marketing authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines.

As part of the verification powers of the Anti-Corruption and Good Government Ministry in the bidding and contracting processes of the Public Sector, the Law on Acquisitions, Leases, and Services...

The Decree amending article 26 of the Health Law Regulation (HLR) is pending publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation and its eventual entry into force.

The second informative session open to the national and international market, covering the consolidated purchase of medicines and healing material for the 2021-2024 time period...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has determined that the Ministry of Navy and the Ministry of Defense, through the National Guard, will now be in charge of Mexican Customs.

Derived from political differences between the Executive and Judicial Branches of our country, the unions of the Judicial Branch of the Federation decided to carry out a national strike...

On October 30 it was published, an extraordinary edition of the Mexican Patent Linkage System's Gazette on allopathic medicines...

Having spent years litigating IP matters, I have shared the frustration of clients who have been forced to intervene in administrative litigation because they are being frivolously accused of having committed an administrative infringement; their trademarks have been misappropriated; or their IP rights are being attacked in an ungrounded manner, through counterclaims that are filed in response to infringement actions previously filed by the owner of the IP right.

Some of our clients have been asking for our assessment in connection with information they have received from certain Mexican colleagues...

According to Article 153 of the Mexican Industrial Property Law, a mark can be cancelled from the register when it has become in trade and for relevant consumers, the usual name of the products or services it was registered for.

The Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (new IP Law), which will enter in force on November 5, 2020, envisages new legal standards regulating the priority rights in Mexico.

Trade Marks 2021: Relevant Authorities And Legislation.