Approval of follow-on biologics in Mexico
por Armando Arenas y Juan Luis Serrano The Mexican General Health Law was reformed on 11th June 2009 to include Article 222bis, which defined biotechnological drugs and allowed for the approval of so-called “biocomparables”. The decree came into force on 8th September 2009 and the Ministry of Health had a 180-day period to issue all the specific regulations pertaining[...]
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Patent Prosecution Highway in Mexico
Managing Intellectual Property, April 2011 There is good news for applicants in Mexico of patents claiming Paris Convention priority or PCT applications. As of March 1st, 2011, the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office launched a pilot program whereby they Patent Department will accept as valid the examination carried by an Examiner of the United States Patent[...]
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Mexico should accept secondary meaning
by Carlos A. Reyes Managing Intellectual Property, March 2011 According to Article 153 of the Mexican Industrial Property Law, a mark can be cancelled from the register when it has become in trade and for relevant consumers, the usual name of the products or services it was registered for. This referenced provision regulates the case of[...]
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Congress Amends IP Law
BY ERWIN CRUZ On 20th September 2010 a new decree came into force, reforming several provisions of the IP Law related to patent practice. The main amendments are as follows: The industrial application requirement for patentability was modified to include a need to demonstrate the possibility of the “practical utility” of the invention and to support such[...]
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