BY GUILLERMO A. BALLESTEROS MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, SEPTEMBER 2009  Mexico is one of the few countries in the world that does not offer the possibility of opposing a trade mark application, since such proceedings are not contemplated in Mexican Industrial Property Law. Therefore, the examination process is limited to the discretion of the examining [...]

BY JUAN CARLOS VILLASEÑOR MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, NOVEMBER 2009 The legal regulations of advertising in Mexico are not as developed as in other countries, which in practice provide infringers with more elements to construe their defenses against eventual challenges from competitors and/or consumers. In addition, and since infringement actions with IMPI for unfair competition are [...]