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Filing regulations modified

BY GEORGINA FLORES In order to update the means of receiving documentation, the Mexican Patent Office (IMPI) has amended the Rules for filing applications by means of an Act published on March 18 2010 in the Official Gazette. The Act is effective from the following day. Relevant issues in this Act include those referred to in […]

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Mexico: Amendments to Copyright Act

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER COMPUTER LAW REVIEW INTERNATIONAL CRI, ISSUE 5, 15 OCTOBER 2003 In April and May 2003, the Mexican Congress debated a bill proposing certain amendments to the Copyright Act 1996. In essence the bill is to implement a number of provisions granting additional rights to authors and holders of neighboring rights such [...]
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Artist, authors take on industry

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER IP WORLD ON LINE, COPYRIGHT WORLD, APRIL 2003 The Mexican Congress is discussing a bill that proposes certain amendments to the Copyright Law of 1996. In essence, what the bill proposes is the implementation of a number of provisions granting additional rights to authors and holders of neighboring rights such as [...]
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Mexico: Remuneration rights for Reproduction

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER COMPUTER LAW INTERNATIONAL CRI, ISSUE 4, 15 AUGUST 2006 On April 27, 2006, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to insert an article 26 ter dealing with remuneration rights for reproduction of works-of-authorship. The bill was sent for review to the Chamber of Senators and the outcome is pending.  "Article [...]
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The road to harmonization

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OCTOBER 2001 FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EU, MEXICO HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST OPEN ECONOMIES IN  THE WORLD. LUIS C SCHMIDT EXPLAINS HOW THE COUNTRY HAS UPDATED ITS IP PROTECTION TO MEET THE CHALLENGE. During the past decade Mexico has signed a larger [...]
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Exceptions to copyright protection and the permitted uses of copyright works in the hi-tech and digital sectors

POR LUIS C. SCHMIDT SOCIO 42 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONGRESS PARIS, PALAIS DES CONGRÈSS 3 - 6 OCTOBER 2010  MEXICAN NATIONAL GROUP THE PURPOSE OF Q216A IS TO EXPLORE EXCEPTIONS TO COPYRIGHT PROTECTION RESULTING NOT FROM ISSUES OF ELIGIBILITY/QUALIFICATION FOR PROTECTION BUT FROM VARIOUS EXCEPTIONS, PERMITTED USES OR DEFENCES. AS STATED ABOVE, THIS PURPOSE IS OF ITSELF [...]
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Technology challenges digital rights

POR  LUIS C. SCHMIDT SOCIO MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, NOVEMBER 2010 The theory of indirect liability in copyright law rests on the idea that anybody who encourages or assists others to perpetrate an infringement, shall be liable to sanctions of an administrative, civil or criminal kind. Depending on the legal system involved, indirect liability is usually triggered [...]
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Nullity and lapse actions under Mexican Law

BY ANTONIO BELAUNZARÁN AND LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNERS In common with many other countries Mexico is not exempt from pirates who obtain registration for trade marks previously adopted by their genuine owners. In most cases the pirate registration covers a mark that was originated in a foreign country. The registration will be rejected if the mark happens to [...]
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From minimum to maximum

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER PHARMACEUTICALS SUPPLEMENT 1994 Historically, the patent and trade mark protection of chemical products and processes, particularly pharmaceutical products and process for preparing them, have been subject to periodical cycles of protection and non-protection in Mexico. THE 1976 ACT The Mexican Patent Law, enacted in 1976, established that chemical products and chemical [...]
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