Trademarks in Mexico are regulated under the Industrial Property Law (IPL) and its regulations.

The modifications to the former 1991 Mexican Industrial Property Law - implemented on May 18, 2018, and in force since August 10 of said year - included an additional paragraph...

The legal framework for data protection is found in Articles 6 and 16 of the Mexican Constitution, as well as in the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties, published in July 2010...

The legal framework for data protection is found in Articles 6 and 16 of the Mexican Constitution, as well as in the Federal Law for the Protection...

A finales del año pasado, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación emitió una resolución, mediante la cual los Ministros de la Segunda Sala resolvieron que el artículo 151 fracción I de la Ley de la

It is a fact that the last three years have been challenging for companies and law firms around the globe after the COVID-19 breakout. In Mexico, we could say that we had a double challenge...

This is an Insight article, written by a selected contributor as part of IAM's co-published content.

There is no doubt that the Madrid system should be beneficial for trademark owners when protecting their trademarks in several countries, particularly in terms of cost effectiveness.

Patent litigation in Mexico is taken before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (in the foregoing IMPI). IMPI has enough authority for ruling on infringement...

Antonio Belaunzarán and Carlos Reyes help readers become aware of some critical amendments that the Mexican Trademark Law requires to make Mexico a truly competitive country in terms of trademark protection.

Study of former Article 151 of the Industrial Property Law as a precedent to the current nullity action set forth in the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI).

El día de ayer el Presidente Peña Nieto promulgó el Decreto por el cual se expide la Ley de Tecnología Financiera (la "Ley"), mismo que ha sido publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación del día

What laws and codes of practice govern the advertising of medicinal products in your jurisdiction? The primary legislation for the advertising

What are the legal conditions to obtain a patent and which legislation applies? Which products, substances and processes can be protected by patents and what types cannot be patent protected?

According to the Mexican IP Law, the study of all trademark applications in Mexico is divided in two stages.

Technological advancements have reshaped our understanding of digital copyright rights and its relation with human rights.

Differently from other jurisdictions, and even if some rights are granted to the first user of a trademark, Mexico has, as general rule, a "first-to-file" system, where trademark protection...

Over 20 years ago, derived from the innumerable and uncontainable violations of pharmaceutical patents and for publicity purposes of the patents that protect allopathic medicines...

"The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed--would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper--the essential crime that contained all others in itself.