IMPI. Gaceta de Licencias, transmisiones Nov 2018
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Present and Future of Industrial Design Rights in Mexico
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Approvals for cannabis-related products face obstacles as a result of the rush by COFEPRIS

Dec - 06 - 2018 As mentioned in our previous newsletter, there was a clear rush by the Federal Commission against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) to issue guidelines to establish the criteria for the appraisal of applications of authorizations for the commercialization, exploitation, and importation of cannabis-related products. These include products with broad industrial uses that [...]
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COFEPRIS Approves Certain Cannabis Products

Nov - 30 - 2018 One week before the change in Mexico’s presidential administration—and in the midst of rumors that the Federal Commission against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) will cease to exist as an autonomous agency and will instead be merged with the Central Ministry of Health—COFEPRIS has approved the first products containing a cannabis-related substance, which [...]
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Cannabis Soon to Be Legal for Most Uses in Mexico

Nov - 12 - 2018 In previous newsletters, we reported that-following certain lawsuits, including some that were handled by Olivares in April 2017-the Mexican Congress amended the Health Law to expressly authorize the use of cannabis and other narcotics for medical and scientific use. Most recently, on October 30, the Mexican Regulatory Agency (COFEPRIS) published [...]
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ICLG Collaboration – Merger Control 2019 – Mexico chapter due
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Canada, Mexico, and United States Agree on New Trilateral Free Trade Agreement

Oct - 02 - 2018 Canada, Mexico and USA agree on New Trilateral Free Trade Agreement. After more than one year of negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada and the United States reached an agreement alongside Mexico on September 30, 2018. The provisional text of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) [...]
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Information regarding new regulations on trade names in Cuba.

Sep - 24 - 2018 Dear Clients and Friends, This is to inform you that a resolution governing regulations on trade names used to identify businesses on Cuban establishments entered into force in Cuba on July 10, 2018. According to this resolution, all businesses using a trade name must have a registration for that trade [...]
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Mexican Linkage Gazette Art 47 Ago 2018 Add B
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