Patents

Mexico extends patent protection on inventions or improvements for a period of twenty years.

 

To be granted a patent, an invention or an improvement must be deemed to be non-obvious, original and must be related to an industrial application.

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Trademarks
The right to exclusive use of trademarks is granted for a period of ten years, and are renewable for the same period of time, with the stipulation that they continue to be used for commercial purposes. Trademark requests in Mexico may be rejected, if they use common, generic or unoriginal language and/or markings.

Intellectual property protection in Mexico for manufacturers is also extended to “utility models” and “industrial designs.”

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Our services cover amongst others:

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· Trademark and patent searches to determine feasibility on registration.
· Trademark and patent registration filings.
· Industrial Property due diligence.
· Negotiation and draft of Industrial Property assignment of rights.
· Negotiation and draft of Industrial Property licensing.
· Administrative and judicial Industrial Property litigation.
· Entertainment Industry and Media.
· Copyright registrations and licensing.
· Negotiation and draft of software licensing.
· E-commerce.
· New Information Technologies.
· International Industrial Property filings and maintenance of rights coordination.
· Non-disclosure agreements.
· Non-competition agreements.
· Negotiation and draft of Franchise agreements