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COFECE to Conduct First Antitrust Analysis of Pharmaceutical Products with Lapsed Patents

Aug -2016 On July 20, 2016, the Mexican Antitrust Commission (known by its Spanish acronym, COFECE) announced that it will conduct a study regarding competition concerns over pharmaceutical products with lapsed patents. This is the first time such a study has been undertaken in Mexico. The press release said that the Commission chose to conduct this market [...]
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Voluntary Divisional Applications in Mexico

by Mauricio Sámano Voluntary divisional applications are a good strategy for obtaining protection for specific embodiments of an invention that were not granted in a certain parent case and that are of commercial interest for the applicant. In this respect, it is important to clarify that the Mexican Industrial Property Law does not have a specific [...]
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Response to Registrar’s/Examiner’s Objection Against a Trademark Application

by Sofía Arroyo According to the Mexican IP Law, the study of all trademark applications in Mexico is divided in two stages. The first stage corresponds to a review of the formal requirements in order to confirm the application form was correctly filled by the applicant and the second stage analyses the registratbility of the proposed [...]
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The Advantages of the New Trademark Opposition System in Mexico

by María Romero It is well known that Mexico is one of the few countries which their Industrial Property Law (IPL) does not contain provisions concerning opposition rights in trademark application procedures. During the ordinary procedure that a trademark application goes through in Mexico, there is no stage that allows a third party -considering its rights [...]
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Deposit of Biologic Material

OLIVARES - Page 56 No.13 | APRIL 2016 www.olivares.com.mx - LATEST NEWS - IMPI Publishes List of Officially Recognized Institutions for the Deposit of Biologic Material. In April 2016, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) published in the Mexican Official Gazette a list of 46 institutions, one Mexican, that will be recognized entities for [...]
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Prepare for the Challenge: What Patent and Trademark Owners Should Know About Copyrights and 3D Printing

by Luis Schmidt The advent of 3D printing presents new challenges for intellectual property owners—particularly in the realms of trademarks and patents. While copyright law has evolved through the years to protect copyrighted works from mass infringement on the Internet, there has been less need for laws protecting patented inventions and trademarked products online, as it [...]
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New Labeling Requirements for Alcoholic Beverages Come into Force March 24

Mar -2016 In order to curb the epidemic of alcohol abuse-which has become a serious health problem in Mexico, as in many other countries-the Mexican government has revised and implemented new rules regarding labeling requirements for alcoholic beverages. Mexican Official Standard Rule NOM-142-SSA1/SCFI-2014 for Alcoholic Beverages (NOM 142) was published in the Federal Gazette last [...]
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How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement will Affect Copyright and Digital Rights in Mexico

Feb -2016 Together with 11 other countries, Mexico agreed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) via a joint declaration on November 18, 2015. The Agreement represents the latest international effort to modernize IP systems around the world, and could have far-reaching implications for IP rights in many of the participating countries. While it merely confirms [...]
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Trade related copyright infringement by hyperlinking

by  The use of hyperlinks may be considered as a trade related copyright infringement under certain circumstances. There are three types of hyperlinks; i) Deep linking: when a link redirects to another website where illegal works are hosted, ii) Inline linking: when a link opens directly a file that hosts a work, iii) Surface linking: [...]
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