Trademark law 

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Trademark law is one of the sub-branches within Intellectual Property (IP) as a whole, which is, in turn, an aspect of administrative law. This is one of the areas of law with the greatest growth in recent years, but above all, since the signing of the new Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada; the T-MEC. The Trademark Registry is the administrative procedure with the highest number of applications and derived procedures in this sector.

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As a result of this new Treaty, a series of profound changes occurred in the practice of this matter at the national level, highlighting the issuance of a new law, seeking to gradually standardize the relationships between individuals with the authorities empowered to resolve the development of the matter. throughout the Mexican Republic, with the processes and practices of business partners. Being in the case of the Trademark Registry, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).

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Regarding this authority, it is important to highlight some considerations. It is an autonomous public body with legal personality and its own assets; Therefore, one of its guiding axes is the maximum capacity in its collection powers, hence the nature of many of its internal procedures respond more to a collection purpose. That said, this is one of the main reasons for their rates and that their waiting times are not properly expeditious.

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Now, based on the experience of this Firm with this authority, although it is true that it presents considerable delays regarding the issuance of its resolutions within the mandated period (a situation that generates legal uncertainty), this Firm has a comprehensive service to jointly attend to all stages of the process concerning the granting of trademark rights; through a strategy that allows us to speed up processing times.

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If you want to know more about this procedure, you can contact us and we will be happy to assist you.