Jul - 09 - 2019 A Circuit Court recently observed that industrial property owners can be awarded with actual damages plus 40% of infringing products sales as punitive damages. The Mexican IP Law, Article 221 bis, provides that damages awarded to the claimant shall be no less than 40% of the sales of the infringing [...]

May - 30 - 2019 Mexico’s Senate recently published in its Official Gazette a new proposal relating to the IP and Health law reform package that would include the following changes: “Patent exceptions”: The proposal would incorporate the Bolar clause provided in the Health Law Regulations into the IP law. As a result, a patent [...]

May - 16 - 2019 Mexico´s Senate recently published in its official Gazette a proposal to modify several provisions of the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IP Law). In summary, the proposal includes the following additions to the IP Law: The Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (IMPI) as the administrative authority in IP matters would be [...]