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Border measures against importation of medical patents

by Fenarnda Díaz In 2012, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) initiated the first border measures remedy against the importation of an active ingredient, due to the alleged administrative infringement of a patent. Although that was not the first border measures action imposed by IMPI based on patents, it was the first occasion that IMPI [...]
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Getting the Deal Through – Data Protection & Privacy 2014

by Gustavo Alcocer and Paulina Villaseñor Law and the regulatory authority 1    Legislative framework Summarise the legislative framework for the protection of personally identifiable information (PII). Does your jurisdiction have a dedicated data protection law? Have any international instruments on privacy or data protection been adopted in your jurisdiction? The legal framework for PII protection is found in [...]
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Good news for filmmakers in Mexico

by Abraham Díaz In a recent landmark case, the producers of the most-seen Mexican documentary film were sued by relatives of a deceased person, whose corpse was briefly showed at the beginning of their documentary film. Complainants were alleging the unauthorized use of the “image” of the deceased person on grounds of Section 87 of the [...]
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New procedural law for constitutional challenges

by Walter Galeana The Mexican Constitution was amended on June 6 2011, with the intention of obliging every authority in the country to respect human rights and international treaties. These amendments also included a need to reform the procedural law regulating the Amparo trial, through which constitutional challenges are brought. The Amparo trial is heard by [...]
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Filing reforms will save paper and money

by Mariana García Much has been written about the paperless office in recent years, and the rapid development of IT is enabling an increasing number of paperless practices. Paradoxically, consumption of paper has increased exponentially since the increased availability of computers and printers. The main reason is that we have become conditioned to use paper since [...]
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Altering the distinctive sign of a mark

by Jaime Rodríguez According to the Mexican Industrial Property Law, trademarks must be used in the national territory as they were registered or with modifications that do not alter their distinctive character. If a trade mark is not used for three years in connection with the corresponding goods or services, it will be vulnerable to a [...]
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Patents rejected for lack of proof

by Pedro Herrera In the past three years, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has increased the number of office actions objecting to a claimed invention due to a lack of support in the description, which has resulted in the conclusion that applicant is seeking a greater scope of protection than originally claimed. The objection is [...]
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PPH programmes in Mexico

by Mauricio Sámano The patent prosecution highway (PPH) is a programme in which the applicant enjoys an expedited examination of his patent application, leading to a considerable reduction in the time taken to obtain its possible grant. The Mexican Intellectual Property Office (IMPI) has PPH pilot programmes with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), SIPO in [...]
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