Mexico: Patent

Article 192 Bis 1 of the abrogated Industrial Property Law establishes that, when the patent subject of analysis in a procedure for administrative declaration of infringement is a process for obtaining a product, by legal mandate, the burden of proof is reversed.

In our newsletter No. 03 / JAN 2022, we highlighted the relevance of the first ruling issued by a Circuit Court that confirmed the arguments that our firm has asserted, resolving that the plaintiff in a patent invalidity action before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).

On July 12, 2024, the Twentieth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit issued thesis with digital registration 2029171...