BY GUSTAVO A. ALCOCER PARTNER AND CARLOS WOODWORTH MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, JUNE 2005 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VALUATION HAS NOVELTY VALUE AMONG IP PROFESSIONALS NOT USED TO THE MAINSTREAM IMPORTANCE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS. We used to refer to IP valuation as a new trend with increasing importance in proportion to the increased relevance of IP when compared to tangible[...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT AND ABRAHAM DÍAZ MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OCTOBER 2006 Effective from May 20 2006, the Federal District’s local congress (the Federal District of Mexico comprises part of Mexico City’s metropolitan area) passed legislation to protect the human personality and likeness. The statute was entitled Law of Civil Liability for the Protection of the Right to Private[...]

BY LUIS C. SCHMIDT, PARTNER WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REVIEW 2008 WHITHER RENTAL RIGHTS? International copyright law has embraced the question of whether copyright owners-or neighbouring rights holders- should be entitled to rental rights and, if so, whether said rights should be rendered as exclusive or remunerative. Answers have been discussed in international and regional treaties as[...]

BY JUAN LUIS SERRANO, On June 18, 2010, a decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette, reforming several provisions of the Mexican IP law related to patent practice.  The main amendments are the following: a) The industrial application requirement for patentability was modified to include a need to demonstrate the possibility of “practical utility” of the[...]