On August 10, the Mexican Trademark Law Reform came into force. As reported in our previous posts, the Trademark Reform brings a range of largely positive changes for brand owners, including: protection of “non-traditional marks”, namely holographic signs, sound and smell marks mandatory acceptance of consent letters and coexistence agreements refusals on descriptiveness/lack of distinctiveness may
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Mexico – Trademark law reform enters into force
Mexico – Designs, Patents & GIs: IP Law amendments enter into force 13 April
On March 13, 2018, amendments to the “Ley de la Propiedad Industrial” (IP Law) were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. These reforms will enter into force on April 13, 2018. The most notable points of these amendments, regarding industrial designs and patents, as well as denominations of origin and geographical indications, are:
Mexico – Trademarks: IP law reform package approved
The Mexican Senate approved a package of reforms to the provisions of the “Ley de la Propiedad Industrial” (IP Law) comprising important changes to the protection of trademarks in Mexico. These reforms can be considered as the most important reforms to the IP Law in recent years. The reform includes extensive changes. We would like