The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property ( es, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial; IMPI) is the
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
and
trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from othe ...
administration body of
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The IMPI was created on 10 December 1993 by the '.
Decreto por el que se crea el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial
Diario Oficial de la Federación
The (DOF; translated variously as the ''Official Journal of the Federation'' or else as ''Official Gazette of the Federation''), published daily by the government of Mexico, is the main official government publication in Mexico. It was founde ...
, 10 December 1993. (Registration required.) (In Spanish.)
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See also
* Intellectual property law in Mexico Industrial property law in Mexico has been changing in order to be updated with the international tendencies. The process of integration in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is one these international factors that have affected the law. It ...
References
External links
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Mexican intellectual property law
Patent offices
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