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As you know, a new Industrial Property Law was published in Mexico on July 1, 2020 with the purpose of updating our local legislation to commitments made by the Mexican Government during...

When dealing with international litigious matters, especially related to intellectual property, the intricacies of notarial procedures can present significant challenges.

In recent years the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (IMPI) allowed the possibility that complainants credit their legal standing on trademark non-use cancellation proceedings...

Several pieces of Mexican legislation in recent years have established the validity of consent letters in formalising the coexistence of identical or similar trademarks...

Today, in a plenary session, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) analyzed a Contradiction of Criteria, whose central issue was to determine if article 151, section I...

As of August 10, 2018, in Mexico, a DAU of the registered mark must be submitted along with each renewal application...

As you may be aware, once again Mexico has been listed on the USTR Annual 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Review of Notorious Markets, due to the amount of counterfeits/piracy available in Mexico.

New uses of pharmaceutical or biotechnological compounds or compositions have been protectable through patents for a long time in Mexico, as long as all patentability requirements were met.

In accordance with Article 4bis (1) of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, a national registration can be replaced by its posterior international trade mark registration.

Border measures are a fundamental legal instrument to fight piracy and/or counterfeiting since they allow counterfeit products to be seized before they enter the country and into circulation...

As you know, a new Industrial Property Law was published in Mexico on July 1, 2020 with the purpose of updating our local legislation to commitments made by the Mexican Government

Article 192 Bis 1 of the abrogated Industrial Property Law establishes that, when the patent subject of analysis in a procedure for administrative declaration of infringement is a process for obtaining a product, by legal mandate, the burden of proof is reversed.

In a decision issued by a majority of votes, the First Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court analyzed the constitutionality of article 216 bis of the Federal Copyright Law...`

Under the Mexican Trademark Law there is no obligation to use a trademark until renewal time is reached in the 10th year as of the filing date of the registration to be renewed and when filing the application for renewal it is only necessary to declare under oath that the mark has been used during a term of the last three years.

With the entry into force of the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, new figures become relevant, as mentioned in Bulletin No. 115. Such is the case of the Conciliation Procedure.

On July 1, 2020, the Federal Criminal Code was amended in its articles 168 Bis, 424 Bis, 426 and 429, moreover the following articles 427 Bis, 427 Ter, 427 Quáter and 427 Quinquies were also added.

During its former administration, the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) issued the general administrative acts listed.

Last August 21, PROFECO ("Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor" for its acronym in Spanish) published the "Advertising Guide for Influencers" in a very innovative and visual format...

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