Surge of Patent Application Final Rejections Provides Unique Opportunity for Patent Precent Making

By: Blanca
Date: March 21, 2012
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Category: Patent-Law-Articles

by Osvaldo Amaral In the past year or so, the Mexican Patent Office has issued record numbers of arbitrary and criteria-less final rejections for Mexican patent applications in basically across all technology areas. Most of the final rejections have been directed to computer-implemented inventions and business method-related inventions. Under Mexican patent law and practice, a final [...]

By: Blanca
Date: February 23, 2012
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Category: Regulatory Law Articles

by Luz Elena Elías Managing Intellectual Property, February 2012 The Federal Law for Consumer Protection (FLCP) contains a set of generic rules for the advertising of practically all products and services. It focuses on protecting consumers’ rights, whereas the Consumer Protection Bureau (PROFECO) is the governmental agency in charge of investigating and resolving matters arising under [...]

By: Blanca
Date: February 3, 2012
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Category: Regulatory Law Articles

by Víctor Ramírez New amendments to the Federal Law for Consumer Protection (FLCP) came into force on December 16, 2011, providing two main changes, namely: (i) the misleading information/advertising (deceitful or abusive) will be considered now as a serious infringement, therefore the amount for the corresponding economical sanctions has been increased, and (ii) providing additional faculties [...]

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Date: February 1, 2012
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Category: Newsletters - Copyrights

By: Blanca
Date: January 12, 2012
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Category: Copyright Law Articles

by Ignacio Burgoa Nowadays, it is common for companies to advertise their products through social media networks. These kinds of promotions often employ the names of celebrities and public figures, and this presents a challenge for copyright, in particular, the Mexican reserve right. The names of celebrities are most commonly used by linking their names to a [...]

By: Blanca
Date: January 9, 2012
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Category: Trademark Law Articles

By: Blanca
Date: November 11, 2011
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Category: Trademark Law Articles

By: Blanca
Date: November 11, 2011
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Category: Newsletters - Regulatory Law

by Alejandro Luna A decree was recently published modifying several provisions of the Health Law Regulations addressing the approval of biologic drugs. The main points of interest are: - The provision included in the law stating that Mexico will allow for approval of follow-ons as "biocomparables" is regulated in more detail. - Commonly, a biocomparable drug will make [...]

By: Blanca
Date: November 11, 2011
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Category: Corporate Law Articles

by Gustavo Alcocer & Enrique Lara Personal data protection has always been recognised as a fundamental human right by most jurisdictions all over the world. In Mexico it was not until a few years ago, when amendments were made to our legal system to regulate personal data protection, following international principles of transparency, legitimate use and proportionality […]

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Date: October 6, 2011
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Category: Newsletters - Media & Entertaiment

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Recent amendment to the Federal Law for Consumer Protection

Amendments to the Federal Law for Consumer Protection

Recent amendments to the Inductrial Property Law and the Copyright Law in Mexico

Advertising in social media networks

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Mexico issues regulations to approve biologic drugs

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