The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will resume activities on July 6th, 2020, in a cautious, gradual and orderly manner, following a strict sanitary control of the people that enters its facilities.
Today, a Decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF, by its acronym in Spanish), indicating that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will extend the suspension of activities until May 30th, 2020, to resume activities on June 1st, 2020.
Today, a Decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF, for its acronym in Spanish), indicating that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will extend the suspension of activities until April 30th, 2020, to resume activities on May 4th, 2020.
On January 16, 2020, the Mexican United States and the European Union mutually agreed to replace Annex I and Annex II of the Agreement regarding the Mutual Recognition and Protection of Spirits Designations, in order to update the list of such beverages.
Since the amendment to the Article 128 of the Industrial Property Law, the Declaration of Use became mandatory for trademark owners in Mexico, and not filing it under the terms established by Law, represents an expiration cause of trademark registrations.
The Amends to the Industrial Property Law of May 18, 2018, incorporated the possibility of requesting the registration of non-conventional trademarks in Mexico, by modifying the definition of “trademark” as follows: “It is understood by Trademark, all sign perceptible by the senses and capable of being represented in a way that allows to determine the clear and precise object of protection, which distinguishes products or services from others of the same species or class in the market.”
