{"id":1628,"date":"2012-12-23T20:54:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T02:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reyesfenigeng.wordpress.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2012-12-23T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T02:54:17","slug":"mexico-joins-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reyesfenig.com\/en\/2012\/12\/23\/mexico-joins-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico joins the Madrid Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last November 19, 2012, the Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial or Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (MPTO) informed through a press release that a few hours earlier the Government of Mexico deposited with the World Intellectual Property Organization the instrument of accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, better known simply as the Madrid Protocol<\/p>\n

The Madrid Protocol should enter into force, with respect to Mexico, on February 19, 2013, although the text of the international treaty has not been officially published in our country.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, we still do not know if any changes will be made to the Mexican statutes and rules in order to adjust them to the Madrid Protocol. So far, Mexico does not have an opposition system and I have no information if there is the intention of creating one (See update of May 1, 2016 Mexican Congress approves trademark opposition system<\/a>)<\/em>. The experience in Italy shows that an opposition system is not necessary for the actual operation of the Madrid Protocol. Nevertheless, most practitioners believe that it would be important \u2013not essential- amending the law to create an opposition system.<\/p>\n

The creation of an opposition system in Mexico would require the Congress to amend the Industrial Property Law. The Congress should be careful with the design of the opposition proceeding, so it does not become a mechanism that extends the application procedure forever.<\/p>\n

I regret to say I am no optimistic about the quality of the possible amendments to the Mexican law associated to the Madrid Protocol. It is no secret that the accession of Mexico to the Madrid Protocol was because pressure of the United States (Mexico\u2019s main commercial partner) and not because the needs of the Mexican businesses, as the Mexican Secretary of Economy himself accepted<\/a>. Further, the short term in which the Madrid Protocol will become in force in Mexico makes me think that it is likely that the possible amendments will not receive enough care and attention in their planning and drafting. I sincerely hope to be wrong.<\/p>\n

Another situation that we should not ignore is the cold reception of the Madrid Protocol among trademark practitioners. It would not be a surprise that the accession of Mexico to this international treaty will be challenged, and that the validity of international applications and registrations will be attacked in the courts with all sorts of arguments. (Update May 1, 2016. So far, I have not heard of such challenges)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

An issue that, in my opinion, has not been studied in Mexico is the rank that should the given to the Regulations of the Madrid Protocol in relation with other domestic statues, rules and regulations. We have this same issue with the Regulations of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). If there is a contradiction between the Rules of the Madrid Protocol or the PCT and a federal statute, which one should prevail? What is the rank of the Regulations of international treaties in the Mexican legal system? A non-binding but widely accepted precedent from the Supreme Court states that international treaties are of higher rank than federal laws, but the Regulations of the Madrid Protocol and the PCT are \u2013technically- not part of the international treaty or some other kind of international agreement acknowledged by our law; certainly they are not federal laws or Regulations issued by the President. I have thought that this problem could be solved by claiming that the domestic statutes and regulations are the general law, and that regulations of the international treaties are specific law, thus the regulations of the international treaties should prevail (Sorry, but I do not know the name of this canon in English or Latin). However, I am not fully comfortable with this solution because the lack of certainty about the rank of the regulations of the international treaties within the Mexican system (it would be either very high or the lowest).<\/p>\n

We will probably have to wait for case law from the administrative and judicial courts, but this is such an interesting and potentially relevant problem that Mexican lawyers should start discussing it right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Madrid Protocol will finally enter into force in Mexico. 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