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OLIVARES is continuously at the forefront of new practice areas concerning copyright, litigation, regulatory, anti-counterfeiting, plant varieties, domain names, digital rights, and internet-related matters, and the firm has been responsible for precedent-setting decisions in patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
Our firm is committed to developing the strongest group of legal professionals to manage the level of complexity and interdisciplinary orientation that clients require. During the first decade of the 21st century, the team successfully led efforts to reshape IP laws and change regulatory authorizations procedures in Mexico, not only through thought leadership and lobbying efforts, but the firm has also won several landmark and precedent-setting cases at the Mexican Federal and Supreme Courts levels, including in constitutional matters.
As reported in our newsletter of June 10, 2020, IMPI launched an online service to allow electronic prosecution of patent, utility model, and design applications that were initially submitted on paper.
As reported in our newsletter of June 10, 2020, IMPI launched an
online service to allow electronic prosecution of patent, utility
model, and design applications that were initially submitted on
paper.
On October 15, 2020, IMPI announced that from November 9-20,
2020, there will be a 90% discount in government fees for
converting those paper files to electronic form.
Converting applications to electronic form has resulted in
faster prosecution, including receiving responses from IMPI in a
shorter time, compared to applications on file in paper form.
Prosecution of electronic files also has the advantage that it
is possible to submit petitions, such as office action responses,
amendments, payments of annuities, etc., through IMPI's online
platform, regardless of whether IMPI's office is open or
closed. Physical files are more limited, as IMPI must be open
in order to submit or receive documents.
In times of great uncertainty, the online service has proven to
be an effective option to avoid delaying prosecution in case of any
future closure of the Patent and Trademark Office due to COVID-19
or any other unexpected issue or force majeure causing such
closure.
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