BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT, PARTNER COPYRIGHT WORLD, FEBRUARY 2004 LUIS SCHMIDT OFFERS A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF A NEW LAW WHICH HAS SIMULTANEOUSLY UPSET THE STATUS QUO IN MEXICO, AND MOVED THE COUNTRY AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SUMMARY * MEXICO'S 1996 COPYRIGHT LAW, INTRODUCED TO BRING THE NATION IN LINE WITH GLOBAL OBLIGATIONS AND MODERN [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT, PARTNER The Asialaw IP Review, September 2004 PRODUCERS OF TV PROGRAMMES IN MEXICO NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN PREPARING THE CONTENT OF THEIR SHOWS BECAUSE THE LEGAL ASPECTS ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.   The Mexican Copyright Law considers television programmes as a category of copyrighted works. The Law of 1956 mentioned TV as a [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT, PARTNER COPYRIGHT WORLD, AUGUST 2001 PRINCIPLES OF MEXICAN COPYRIGHT LAW Mexican Copyright Law has been framed over the concept of author's rights. This is due to  the fact that it has followed the principles developed earlier in continental European countries, such as France and Spain.1 A copyright system developed from the idea that [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER WORLD FOCUS, IP REVIEW 2006 HAS 2006 BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION?  LUIS SCHMIDT PRESENTS A GLOBAL REPORT LOOKING AT HOW EACH COUNTRY HAS TACKLED COPYRIGHT ISSUES IN 2006  The year of 2006 has been a challenging one in terms of how media has impacted copyright laws around the world. Digital [...]

MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DECEMBER 2006/JANUARY 2007 LATIN AMERICA HAS LONG BEEN AN ATTRACTIVE MARKET IN WHICH TO DO BUSINESS. BUT WITH HIGH LEVELS OF COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE REGION, HOW SHOULD IP OWNERS RESPOND? MIP, TOGETHER WITH CAVELIER ABOGADOS, OBLIGADO & CIA AND OLIVARES & CIA, INVITED IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, IP OFFICIALS AND [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER COMPUTER UND RECHT INTERNATIONAL, FEBRUARY 2001 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 [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER THE ASIALAW IP REVIEW, JULY/AUGUST 2003 AN AMENDMENT BILL RECENTLY PASSED BY CONGRESS WILL INTRODUCE SWEEPING CHANGES TO MEXICO'S COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION. HOWEVER, THE NEW BILL HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. IN PARTICULAR, THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DEBATE OVER PRIVATE REPRODUCTION RIGHTS AND WHETHER COPYRIGHT HOLDERS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. During April and [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SEPTEMBER 2005 For the past couple of years the world has battled with the idea of pharmaceutical generics. The reason is the expiration of a great number of active ingredient patents in force during the 1970s and 1980s, giving rise to a market for drugs that are copies [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER LES/AIPPLA MEETING, NOVEMBER 2005  1.0 THE ROLE OF LICENSING IN TODAY’S BUSINESS AND ECONOMY. There is no question that intellectual property licensing has played a major role in today’s business and economy. Nobody would disagree that companies in a modern world can only grow on the basis of technology or other intangible [...]