It took more than 25 years for the necessary and long-awaited new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property to be enacted in Mexico. It is not a secret that the previous Industrial Property Law, which is no longer valid, resulted from the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA.

Introduction: In a recent landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., that the Lanham Act cannot have extraterritorial application. This decision reaffirms that trademark use and infringement must occur within the United States

La EUIPO desestimo la demanda al considerar que, en las pruebas que se le presentaron, el personaje de Batman siempre se asociaba con su editor. El Tribunal General de la Unión Europea (TGUE) ha confirmado este miércoles que el distintivo del murciélago negro en un óvalo pertenece exclusivamente

El uso indebido de la iconografía del Patrimonio Cultural Indígena está protegido en México Los pueblos y comunidades indígenas enfrentan la sustracción y la apropiación indebida de sus usos, representaciones, expresiones, conocimientos y técnicas, así que cada vez que compres una cerámica

Cada vez hay más creaciones que no solo tienen que ver con lo artístico, también con lo industrial. ¿Quién se beneficia de ellas? No sabemos cuándo, dónde ni quien llevó a cabo el primer invento, por curioso que haya sido. Lo que sí sabemos es el lugar y la fecha exacta en la que se[...]

ChatGPT, Lensa y otras aplicaciones están generando denuncias y quejas de artistas, usuarios y expertos en propiedad intelectual. Los datos, información y todo el contenido que ocupan las aplicaciones inteligentes como ChatGPT o Lensa podrían estar violando derechos de

In the frame of the International Data Privacy Day celebrated around the world every January 28, it is worthy to remember the relevance gained worldwide by this subject matter as time goes by, as well as to briefly examine the developments occurred in this field of law in Mexico.

Recently, a Civil Court ruled that the confidentiality of accounting information is not enough to prevent the admission of expert evidence when it is necessary to resolve a dispute. However, it is the responsibility of the Judge to establish guidelines to regulate the level of exposure of the information

In Mexico, the new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI) protects and recognizes Well-Known and Famous trademarks, which are regulated by Chapter III of the LFPPI. Its definition can be found in article 190, which establishes that in Mexico

Donning a medical robe and a helmet, one nurse working through last-mile app Rappi’s home-delivery shifts — who spoke to Rest of World on condition of anonymity to protect his job — said he was recruited in early 2022 by a private medical lab partnered with the app. He usually does eight-hour shifts from 7 a.m.