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 [...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT, PARTNER MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AMERICAS ENFORCEMENT FOCUS 2005 MEXICO'S SUPREME COURT HAS TRIED TO CLARIFY RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON COPYRIGHT REMUNERATION. The Supreme Court of Mexico recently rendered two judgments addressing remuneration rights in copyright law. In both cases the plaintiffs, Cinemex and Cinemas La Huasteca, two film exhibitors, sued [...]