BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT, PARTNER WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REVIEW 2008 WHITHER RENTAL RIGHTS? International copyright law has embraced the question of whether copyright owners-or neighbouring rights holders- should be entitled to rental rights and, if so, whether said rights should be rendered as exclusive or remunerative. Answers have been discussed in international and regional treaties as[...]

BY JUAN LUIS SERRANO, On June 18, 2010, a decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette, reforming several provisions of the Mexican IP law related to patent practice.  The main amendments are the following: a) The industrial application requirement for patentability was modified to include a need to demonstrate the possibility of “practical utility” of the[...]