BY GEORGINA FLORES In order to update the means of receiving documentation, the Mexican Patent Office (IMPI) has amended the Rules for filing applications by means of an Act published on March 18 2010 in the Official Gazette. The Act is effective from the following day. Relevant issues in this Act include those referred to in[...]

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