BY OSVALDO AMARAL MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, OCTOBER 2007 When it comes to prosecuting a patent application before the Mexican Patent Office, the applicant should remember that the Office does not undertake a completely independent substantive examination of patent applications. Mexico’s Law of Industrial Property contemplates that the Office may accept or require the findings[...]

BY JUAN LUIS SERRANO MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, FEBRUARY 2008 On January 2, 2008 a Decree was published in the Official Gazette in Mexico modifying several provisions of the Regulations for Health Consumables of the Health Law, concerning important issues for the pharmaceutical industry. <br< The first relevant amendment is that these regulations eliminate the[...]

BY ALEJANDRO LUNA, PARTNER AND JUAN LUIS SERRANO CHAPTER 30, THE INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL GUIDE TO: PHARMACEUTICAL ADVERTISING 2009 GENERAL – MEDICINAL PRODUCTS 1.1 WHAT LAWS AND CODES OF PRACTICE GOVERN THE ADVERTISING OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS IN MEXICO? Advertising of medicinal products in Mexico is mainly governed by the General Health Law, and the Regulations of the General[...]

BY DANIEL SÁNCHEZ MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, APRIL 2004 On September 19, 2003, a Decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government, with amendments to the Regulations of the Health Law as well as to the Regulations of the Law on Industrial Property. The purpose of the amendments is to establish coordination rules between[...]

BY JOSÉ I. DE SANTIAGO MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, APRIL 2002 The Mexican Law of Industrial Property establishes certain exclusions for the enforcement of patents. Among these exclusions, article 22 part I establishes that a patent would not produce any effect against a third party, which in a private or academic environment, with non-commercial purposes,[...]