BY VICTOR RAMIREZ SELECTION, CLEARANCE AND REGISTRATION RELEVANT BODIES AND REQUIREMENTS Trademarks in Mexico are regulated under the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) and its regulations. Industrialists, merchants and service providers can use trademarks in industry and commerce, or for the services that they render (Article 87 of the IPL). The exclusive right to use a[...]

BY VICTOR RAMIREZ SELECTION, CLEARANCE AND REGISTRATION RELEVANT BODIES AND REQUIREMENTS Trademarks in Mexico are regulated under the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) and its regulations. Industrialists, merchants and service providers can use trademarks in industry and commerce, or for the services that they render (Article 87 of the IPL). The exclusive right to use a[...]

BY GEORGINA FLORES MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, SEPTEMBER 2008 In recent months, the Mexican Patent Office (IMPI) has changed its practice regarding the time limit to file divisional applications. In cases where divisional applications are filed as a result of a requirement regarding lack of unity of the invention, they must be filed simultaneously with[...]

BY ALEJANDRO LUNA PARTNER EARLIER THIS YEAR THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED WELCOME CLARIFICATION ON HOW THE LINKAGE REGULATION APPLIES TO FORMULATION PATENTS AND THEIR PUBLICATION IN THE LINKAGE GAZETTE. On 13th January 2010 the Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision on the interpretation of the Linkage Regulation, which has been in force for six years. The decision[...]

A PRACTICAL CROSS-BORDER INSIGHT INTO PATENTS LAW CHAPTER 17 – MEXICO by Alejandro Luna & César Ramos, Jr. . . READ THE FULL CHAPTER here (Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view this article). “This article appeared in the 2011 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Patents; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.” 

BY ARMANDO ARENAS In Mexico, the Mexican Trademark Office (TMO) has been reluctant to grant registrations for composite trade marks, especially those involving the protection of the shape of bottles. Arguably, this is because the TMO improperly focuses its analysis solely on the shape of the bottle, without studying the collection of elements as a whole.[...]