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COVID 19: Controversial changes to the labelling of cigarette cartons and packaging

May - 26 - 2020 A few days ago, the Secretary of Health (SSA) published an Official Communication in the Official Gazette of the Federation, which determines the series of labels, images, pictograms and health information that must appear on all cartons of tobacco products and on all external packaging and labeling thereof. The Official [...]
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New implications of the proposal of amendment to the industrial property law in the compensation of damages.

May - 20 - 2020 As OLIVARES has previously reported, a new Industrial Property Law is in discussion. According to the draft of said amendment, the new law contemplates the possibility of submitting a civil action before the Civil Courts against an infringer of any IP right, without the requirement to commence infringement proceedings before [...]
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Presidential decree prohibiting the importation of electronic cigarettes

May -15 - 2020 On February 19, 2020, the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) published a Presidential Decree in the Federal Official Gazette which will prohibit the importation of devices known as electronic cigarettes. The Decree defines three types of electronic cigarettes. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (SEANs in Spanish) and Similar [...]
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Mexico. Government Procurement: Proposal to reform the Law for Public Acquisitions

May - 15 - 2020 A proposal with a draft decree by which various provisions of the Public Sector Procurement, Leasing and Services Law are reformed, added and repealed was recently published, which has the purpose of establishing a new legal framework to regulate public contracting in order to fulfill certain commitments acquired by the [...]
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COVID-19. Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (IMPI) Update

May - 14 - 2020 As we previously informed, in view of the contingency measures adopted to prevent the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the IMPI suspended its activities and interrupted terms from March 24 to May 31, 2020. During this period, it has been possible to digitally sign new Patent and Trademark online applications [...]
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Relevant amendments to the Mexican Copyright Law regarding private copy levy

May - 12 - 2020 The Mexican Congress is currently analyzing a bill to amend the Mexican Copyright Law (“LFDA” by its Spanish acronym), setting a levy as compensatory remuneration for private copying. In general terms, private copying is any reproduction of artworks of lawful origin, made without any intention of profit and for personal [...]
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Using e-signed documents executed abroad before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).

May - 06 - 2020 In the current environment of remote working and social distancing derived from the measures adopted to avoid spreading the Covid-19, it has become challenging to have original documents executed. Even though, the filing of e-signed documents before the IMPI is not a common practice, these should be regarded as originals [...]
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The Supreme Court of Justice extends the term for the Congress to rule on the regulation related to cannabis

May - 05 - 2020 In a session held on Friday, April 17, 2020, the Supreme Court of Justice determined to again extend the period granted to the Congress to rule on the legislation for the use of cannabis. Prior to this determination, the Congress had until April 30, 2020 to approve the corresponding legislation, [...]
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