The Mexican Congress enected a new law regarding patents and trademarks in Mexico. The following are a few highlights.
Comments about some of the implications of the New Guildelines to Construte the Classification of Goods and Services in Mexico and the end of the full-class coverage.
The Mexican Patent and Trademark Office and the courts extended deadines, suspended terms and closed for five to six weeks, in an effort to mitigate the Covid-19 outbreak.
Some comments about the restrictions provided in Mexican law to the use of images and reproductions of objects and buildings of ancient mesoamerican civilizations.
A brief review of the June 2010 amendments to the Industrial Property Law and the provisions of the Federal Crimminal Code against piracy.
Comments about the limits set by a binding precedent from the Supreme Court to the filing of new evidence in appeals with the Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs.
Mexico will allow registration of non-traditional trademarks, among many changes in our trademark law.
Trademark owners must file a statement of use to keep the trademark alive. Is it an ex post facto provision?
This bindig precedent makes claiming a date of first use in trademark applications safer for trademark owners.
A court of appeals provides guidelines to distinguish offensive from non-offensive trademarks.
