The authority published on January 26 in the Official Gazette of the Federation an Agreement in which are disclosed the updated formats for procedures before the Mexican Copyright Office...

As OLIVARES has previously reported, a new Industrial Property Law is in discussion. According to the draft of said amendment, the new law contemplates the possibility of submitting...

In our July newsletter regarding the same topic, we informed you about a change of criteria adopted by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) in which, as of May of this year, they are not accepting...

The National Institute of Copyright (INDAUTOR) published today in the Official Gazette of the Federation an Agreement, in which it recalls the decision taken so that, as of March 26, 2020, the...

The Trademarks Chapter of the new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property includes several modifications regarding oppositions.

As of November 5, 2020, a new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (IPPL) will supersede the current Industrial Property Law (IPL).

Erika Rocío Santillán of OLIVARES explains the legal position in Mexico with regard to the protection of inventions through the identification of a novel technical step in the manufacturing process.

We inform you that an initiative has recently been presented before the Mexican Senate, reforming and adding various provisions of the Federal Copyright Law.

In accordance with the General Rules section of the new IP Law, the denial of granting trademarks when their contents or forms are contrary to morals and good customs have been eliminated.

About a year ago, news about the copying of a design belonging to the indigenous community of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Isabel Marant caused great controversy in social media.

The concept of novelty is a cornerstone in the protection of industrial designs, ensuring that only truly new and original creations receive legal protection.

The Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, in force since the 5th of November of 2020, is distinguished from its predecessor, among other things, by the particularities in the claims of a compensation for damages caused by the infringement of industrial property rights.

A new initiative to amend and add various articles to the Federal Cinematography Law in Mexico was recently presented to the Senate's Permanent Commission.

The long awaited Personal Data Protection Rules (Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares, the "Rules") were finally issued on December 19, 2010 and published by executive decree of Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, on December 21, 2011.

Under Article 221 bis of Industrial Property Law, damages awarded to claimant shall be no less than 40% of public sale price of infringing products

Mexico's new patent regulations introduce critical requirements for provisional patent applications, including mandatory fee payments and strict disclosure standards.

Mexico's patent office has established new procedures allowing applicants to request mandatory resolutions for patent, utility model, and design applications that have exceeded prosecution timeframes.