BY GUILLERMO BALLESTEROS Mexico is considered one of the most important offshoring/outsourcing destinations in Latin America, followed by Brazil and Argentina. Other flourishing outsourcing centres in Central America include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. The Central American Free Trade Agreement concluded with the United States has made offshoring and outsourcing [...]

by Alonso Camargo Partner MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, NOVEMBER 2003  According with the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL), a single colour may not constitute a trade mark, thus resulting in an absolute ground for refusal. Indeed, section V of article 90 establishes that the following are not allowed to be registered as trade marks: "Ietters, [...]

by Sergio L. Olivares, Jr. Partner NATIONAL Trademarks in Mexico are governed by the Industrial Propertv Law 1991 (as amended), and its supplementary regulations. INTERNATIONAL Mexico is a signatory to the following internationaI tradermark treaties: the North America Free "Trade Agreement (Sixth Part. Chapter XVII - Intelectual Property); the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intelectual Property [...]

BY SERGIO L. OLIVARES, JR. OWNERSHIP AND SCOPE OF MARKS 1. WHO MAY APPLY? Trademarks in Mexico are regulated under the current Mexican Law of Industrial Property (LIP), which was enacted on 27 June 1991 and further amended on 2 August 1994, and also under the Regulations to the L.I.P. Article 87 of the LIP establishes [...]