BY ERWIN CRUZ SALDÍVAR Last April, the Mexican Congress approved amendments to the IP Law related mainly to patent practice. These amendments are pending ratification by the Presidential Office and publication in the Official Gazette. The original project of reform promoted by the generic medicines industry aimed, among other issues, to insert two separate pre- and[...]

BY OSVALDO AMARAL MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, OCTOBER 2007 When it comes to prosecuting a patent application before the Mexican Patent Office, the applicant should remember that the Office does not undertake a completely independent substantive examination of patent applications. Mexico’s Law of Industrial Property contemplates that the Office may accept or require the findings[...]

BY JUAN LUIS SERRANO MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, FEBRUARY 2008 On January 2, 2008 a Decree was published in the Official Gazette in Mexico modifying several provisions of the Regulations for Health Consumables of the Health Law, concerning important issues for the pharmaceutical industry. <br< The first relevant amendment is that these regulations eliminate the[...]