By Luis C. Schmidt, Partner Copyright World, December 2000 / January 2001  BACKGROUND: A SCENARIO OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS  Digital Technology is nothing else but a new challenge for copyright law. An initial question that experts have raised though is how much these new technologies have represented a threat for copyright in terms of the universal value [...]

By Luis C. Schmidt, Partner World Information Technology Contacts Handbook 2001 INFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE. Information is essential nowadays as it means value and wealth in terms of culture and economics. People now think of Information as a principal asset in their businesses, and devote their time, money and effort to developing, processing and transferring [...]

By Luis C. Schmidt, Partner International Technology Law Review, June 2001 There is no equivalent to the so called US Anti-wiretapping law in Mexico. On May 17 1999 however, the Mexican government published in the Federal Official Gazette a bill passed by congress, amending the Federal Penal Code. It puts in place certain criminal provisions concerning [...]

By Luis C. Schmidt, Partner Managing Intellectual Property, July/August 1999 In a previous briefing we analyzed copyright terms under the copyright laws of 1947, 1956, 1963 and 1997. Particular emphasis was made to the registration of rights, a requirement abandoned in the Mexican Iaw of 1947. It was also mentioned that a restoration provision required foreign [...]

By Luis C. Schmidt, Partner Computer und Recht International, April 2002  In Mexico there is no equivalent to the so-called US »Anti-wiretapping“ Law. However, amendments to the Federal Penal Code (published on May 17, 1999, in the Federal Official Gazette) implement, among others, criminal provisions concerning disclosure of confidential information and illegal access to information equipment [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER CRI 1/2001, COMPUTER UND RECHT INTERNATIONAL The Internet raises the most challenging and interesting questions and issues in copyright law. Although principles, including those resulting from the Berne Convention, remained the same, countries have been calling for new rules asserting copyright rights on the Internet, as well as legal remedies for [...]

The law makes protection available to literary and artistic works regardless of the medium of expression in which they are embodied. To that end, it provides a general chapter which reflects the fundamentals and principles of author’s right, including a regime on patrimonial and moral rights and the transmissions and licensing of patrimonial rights. In addition, [...]