Swiss format kept for medical use claims
BY ROMMY MORALES Article 19, section VII of the Mexican Industrial Property Law establishes, inter alia, that methods of therapeutic treatment applicable to the human body and to animals shall not be considered as inventions; as a result, such methods are expressly excluded from patentability. However, under Mexican law and practice, there is no exclusion of the[...]
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ICLG to: Patents 2016
by Alejandro Luna F and César Ramos This article appeared in the 2016 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Patents; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. (www.iclg.co.uk ) READ FULL ARTICLE HERE (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
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Patent Prosecution Highway in Mexico
by José Ignacio de Santiago There is good news for applicants in Mexico of patents claiming Paris Convention priority or PCT applications. As of March 1st, 2011, the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office launched a pilot program whereby they Patent Department will accept as valid the examination carried by an Examiner of the United States Patent and[...]
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