BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AMERICAS IP FOCUS 2008 An intriguing question in intellectual property law has been to what extent copyright, industrial property or special rights should apply: i) when authored “pure” arts are incorporated in industrial products; ii) when industrial products display artistic elements or “aesthetic” design; or iii) when designed [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER INTELLECTUAL ASSET MANAGEMENT -IAM MAGAZINE- INTERNATIONAL REPORT, OCTOBER 2008 To date, the Mexican criminal law system has proved to be an effective means of fighting against certain forms of online piracy. Judicial precedents show an increasing number of cases in which copyright owners have been able to stop counterfeiting or piracy [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER COPYRIGHT WORLD ISSUE #185, NOVEMBER 2008 This note refers to certain terminology in Intellectual Property Law. It is particularly intended to explore existing differences in the manner that Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems designate the subject of intellectual property. Inventions, trademarks and works-of-authorship have all become the subject-matter of a legal discipline [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER INTELLECTUAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (IAM), INTERNATIONAL REPORT, FEBRUARY 2009 A Mexico City appeal court has rendered its decision in civil proceedings brought by the Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Mexico (SACM), a collecting society representing music composers, against Cinemex, a national cinema company. SACM filed the complaint claiming royalties for composers in connection [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER CHAPTER 25 MEXICO I. LEGAL BASIS § 25:1 THE LEGAL SYSTEM § 25:2 THE CURRENT ACTS GOVERNING COPYRIGHT AND ITS ENFORCEMENT § 25:3 THE CURRENT SECONDARY LAW § 25:4 TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF APPLICATION § 25:5 IMPORTANT RECENT AMENDMENTS IN LEGISLATION § 25:6 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS § 25:7 PENDING LEGISLATION § 25:8 INTERNATIONAL [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT PARTNER MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MAY 1999 The following comments relate to the laws and rules in Mexico regarding copyright protection terms, in accordance with different laws in force in Mexico since 1947. The purpose of this note is to explain how they could have impacted on foreign works of authorship. The author [...]