On July 1, 2020, and as a result of the entry into force of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the new Federal Law for Protection of the Industrial Property...

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

As reported in our newsletter of June 10, 2020, IMPI launched an online service to allow electronic prosecution of patent, utility model, and design applications that were initially submitted on paper.

On January 30, 2019, Juan Lozano Tovar, who was recently appointed as the new head of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), told the Mexican press that additional steps

COFEPRIS will have a special procedures window for the generic pharmaceutical products.

As a procedural requirement to file a patent invalidity claim before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), it is a requirement that the plaintiff demonstrates having legal standing...

In the recent Reform that entered in force to Mexico’s Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI), a special emphasis has been made to reduce the overall prosecution timeframe for all patent, utility model and design applications.

Since the pandemic started in March 2020, social distancing has become a necessity and has led businesses to rethink the way they work. Employees are now...

The new regulation maintains only the prohibition relating to those marks deemed contrary to public order or those which contravene legal provisions.

Economic rights in copyright law have always been subject to temporal and formal limitations that balance private ownership with public interest. This analysis examines how time limits are structurally embedded in copyright protection and explores the historical role of formal requirements—such as registration and deposit—in determining when works enter the public domain.

On July 15, 2022, the Mexican Circuit Court´s en banc issued a decision regarding the correct time for submitting a petition for a divisional application for patents...

On August 20, 2025, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) published the latest edition of the Linkage Gazette introducing a substantial difference...

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recognized the leadership of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)...

Punitive damages allow a higher compensation in favor of the plaintiff, derived from the seriousness of the wrongful act committed, with the purpose of discouraging the harmful conduct.

On August 27, 2025, the Federal Judiciary issued an Agreement announcing the start of the implementation of the federal judicial reform, which came into effect on Monday, September 1st, 2025.

In June 2021, the Law for Transparency, Prevention, and Combating of Improper Practices in Advertising Contracting was enacted.

On March 10, 2021, a press release was published in several media, that is, a statement of the national cinematographic and audiovisual community regarding the initiative of the...

There is no doubt that the easiest way to reach consumers today is through digital platforms. Companies or providers do not only offer their services through their web pages...

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, a decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette amending various provisions of the Mexican Labor Law, in order to introduce a chapter regulating "Teleworking"...

Considering the contingency measures adopted to prevent the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, both federal and local jurisdictional authorities, have suspended their activities from March 18 to..