In Mexico, intellectual property covers two main branches. Industrial property<\/strong> \u2014 trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trade secrets \u2014 is governed by the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property<\/em> (LFPPI, in force since November 2020) and administered by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI). Copyright<\/strong> \u2014 literary, artistic, musical, and audiovisual works, as well as software \u2014 is governed by the Federal Copyright Law<\/em> and managed by INDAUTOR. Together, both branches make up what the law and practice call intellectual property rights.<\/p>\n The Mexican trademark system is based on the first-to-file principle: with few exceptions, rights belong to whoever files the application with the IMPI first, not to whoever used the sign first. That is why timely registration of trademarks, slogans, and trade names is the most profitable preventive investment for any company. A trademark registration protects for ten renewable years; a patent, for twenty non-extendable years from filing.<\/p>\n From Mexico it is possible to extend protection abroad through the Madrid Protocol<\/strong> (trademarks) and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)<\/strong>, in addition to the reinforced obligations of USMCA Chapter 20. We design portfolio strategies that prioritize the markets where your company operates or will manufacture, supported by our network of specialized correspondents.<\/p>\n This content is informational and does not constitute legal advice. Every case requires individual analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is intellectual property and how is it protected in Mexico? In Mexico, intellectual property covers two main branches. Industrial property \u2014 trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trade secrets \u2014 is governed by the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI, in force since November 2020) and administered by the Mexican […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":343,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-practice-area.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-685","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knr.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Registration: first in time, first in right<\/h2>\n
International protection<\/h2>\n