Special Focus

Juan Carlos Amaro of Becerril Coca & Becerril analyses recent changes in Mexican trademark law, including those connected to warning labels on food items and those detailed in the new Mexican IP Law

Martha Celis of OLIVARES analyses the new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property which makes modifications to the rules around partial non-use cancellation actions, partial nullity actions and damages

Robert Daniel-Shores and Fábio Leme of Daniel Law examine lower courts’ interpretation of non-binding STJ decisions on injunctive relief in trade dress disputes

Edith Rivero and Victor Garrido of Dumont analyse provisions in the new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, including those relating to withdrawal of a priority claim, patentable subject matter, divisional applications, supplementary certificates and the Bolar exemption

Eduardo Kleinberg and Santiago Zubikarai Gonzalez Mariscal of Basham Ringe y Correa analyse the new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, examining the ways in which it affects damages and conciliation

Brigide Mattar, Patrick Roszell and Lei Liu of Smart & Biggar outline advantages of Canada’s patent prosecution system and offer tips to avoid pitfalls