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      1. Patents, Utility Models, and Industrial Designs
      2. Trademarks
      3. Copyrights
      4. Corporate, Commercial and Business Law
      5. IP Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
      6. Regulatory Law
      7. Licensing, Tech Transfer & Franchising
      8. Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement
    2. Industry Groups
      1. Media, Sports & Entertainment Law Group
      2. Life Science & Pharmaceutical Law Group
  3. Our People
    1. Partners
      1. Sergio L. Olivares, Sr. † (1931-2010)
      2. Sergio L. Olivares, Jr.
      3. Luis C. Schmidt
      4. Cesar Ramos, Jr.
      5. Antonio Belaunzaran
      6. Gustavo A. Alcocer
      7. Jose Ignacio De Santiago
      8. Alejandro Luna
      9. Alonso Camargo
      10. Daniel Sanchez
    2. Associates (A - M)
      1. Osvaldo Amaral
      2. Armando Arenas
      3. Sofía Arroyo
      4. Guillermo Ballesteros
      5. Varinia Calleros
      6. Abraham Diaz
      7. Georgina Flores
      8. Pedro Herrera
      9. Carlos Maya
    3. Associates (N - Z)
      1. Mauricio Narváez
      2. Víctor Ramírez
      3. Sergio Rangel
      4. Maria del Carmen Sada
      5. Juan Luis Serrano
      6. Guillermo Treviño
      7. Carlos Woodworth
    4. All Attorneys / Engineers
    5. Firm Administration
  4. Knowledge & Resources
    1. Articles
      1. Trademark Law Articles
        1. Use requirements
        2. Approach to composite marks changed, again
        3. Life Sciences Handbook 2011 - Country Q&A
        4. Mexico should accept secondary meaning
        5. Getting the Deal Through - Trademarks 2011
        6. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2010/2011 - A Global Guide
        7. No legal basis for banning names derived from INNs
        8. How Latin America tackles cutting-edge IP issues
        9. Specialised IP court corrects IMPI
        10. Protecting trade dress
        11. 43 more items...
      2. Patent Law Articles
        1. Mexico issues regulations to approve biologic drugs
        2. Latin America Roundtable
        3. New regulations pending
        4. The International Comparative Guide
        5. Marketing authorization for pharmaceutical
        6. Approval of follow-on biologics in Mexico
        7. Mexican Linkage Gazette April 2011
        8. Patent Prosecution Highway in Mexico
        9. Life Sciences Handbook 2011 - Country Q&A
        10. Data Package Exclusivity (DPE)
        11. 35 more items...
      3. Copyright Law Articles
        1. Advertising in social media networks
        2. Technology challenges digital rights
        3. Exceptions to copyright protection and the permitted uses of copyright works in the hi-tech and digital sectors
        4. Derechos sobre producción audiovisual
        5. How Latin America tackles cutting-edge IP issues
        6. Copyright Litigation 2010
        7. Legislation and enforcement - Copyrights 2010
        8. Valuing folklore
        9. Protecting novel ideas
        10. Mexico's fair use balancing act
        11. 100 more items...
      4. Corporate Law Articles
        1. Mexico issues Personal Data Protection Rules
        2. How data affects innovation
        3. A practical cross-border
        4. New registry for security interests
        5. The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2011
        6. The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2010
        7. Due diligence issues to consider in M&A
        8. Income expectations in licensing
        9. The reasons for valuation
        10. Amendments proposed to franchise regulation
      5. IP Litigation, ADR Articles
        1. Scope of new specialised courts widened
        2. Reform of preliminary injunctions
        3. Mexican Patent Office excludes Formulation Patents from Linkage Gazette
        4. Mexico gets ready to approve biocomparable drugs
        5. Mexico's hotel for the stars highlights power in the name
        6. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        7. Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2010
        8. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        9. Trademark enforcement
        10. Venues for appealing IMPI decisions
        11. 15 more items...
      6. Regulatory Law Articles
        1. Amendments to the Federal Law for Consumer Protection
        2. Mexico issues Personal Data Protection Rules
        3. New Regulations Pending
        4. Marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products to foreign applicants
        5. Data Package Exclusivity (DPE)
        6. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        7. Pharmaceutical trademarks
        8. Framework for biotherapeutic products established
        9. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009
        10. New Regulations for pharma industry
        11. 3 more items...
      7. Licensing, Tech Transfer Articles
        1. Creating a secure franchise system
      8. Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting Articles
        1. New register against counterfeits
        2. Beat the counterfeiters in Mexico
        3. Battling counterfeits through Customs
        4. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        5. Enforcing plant variety rights in Mexico
        6. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        7. Internet Issues
        8. Anti-counterfeiting 2009
        9. Vegetal variety rights enforced
        10. New Customs rules lead to seizures
        11. 3 more items...
      9. Media, Sports & Entertainment Focused Articles
        1. Whither Rental Rights?
        2. Improved protection for personalities
      10. Life Sciences Focused Articles
        1. Latin America Roundtable
        2. New regulations pending
        3. The International Comparative
        4. Approval of follow-on biologics in Mexico
        5. Global Pharmaceutical Linkage Regulations:
        6. Life Sciences Handbook 2011 - Country Q&A
        7. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        8. Repercussions expected on medicine advertising campaign in Mexico
        9. Framework for biotherapeutic products established
        10. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        11. 1 more item...
    2. Webinar Archive
      1. Webinar - Changes to Mexican Patent and Healthcare Laws for Life Sciences
      2. Webinar - Digital Rights Issues in Copyright Law
      3. Webinar - Data Package Exclusivity Rights in Latin America
    3. Recognition
    4. News
      1. Presumed Guilty - How can a law firm help win an Emmy?
      2. New rules came in force to speed timeframes in administrative appeal proceedings
      3. Recent reforms to the Mexican Industrial Property Law dealing with trademark priority rights
      4. Olivares & Cia. ranking
      5. Data Package Exclusivity (DPE)
      6. Mr. Sergio Olivares Sr's Passing
      7. Pharma Linkage Regulations Supreme Court Decision
      8. Managing IP magazine has recognized Olivares & Cia. as the leading firm for patent work in Mexico
      9. Mexican Congress amends the Patent Law
      10. Implementation of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Entities
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  1. About Us
    1. Overview
    2. History
    3. Recognition
    4. Offices
  2. Our Practice
    1. Practice Areas
      1. Patents, Utility Models, and Industrial Designs
      2. Trademarks
      3. Copyrights
      4. Corporate, Commercial and Business Law
      5. IP Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
      6. Regulatory Law
      7. Licensing, Tech Transfer & Franchising
      8. Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement
    2. Industry Groups
      1. Media, Sports & Entertainment Law Group
      2. Life Science & Pharmaceutical Law Group
  3. Our People
    1. Partners
      1. Sergio L. Olivares, Sr. † (1931-2010)
      2. Sergio L. Olivares, Jr.
      3. Luis C. Schmidt
      4. Cesar Ramos, Jr.
      5. Antonio Belaunzaran
      6. Gustavo A. Alcocer
      7. Jose Ignacio De Santiago
      8. Alejandro Luna
      9. Alonso Camargo
      10. Daniel Sanchez
    2. Associates (A - M)
      1. Osvaldo Amaral
      2. Armando Arenas
      3. Sofía Arroyo
      4. Guillermo Ballesteros
      5. Varinia Calleros
      6. Abraham Diaz
      7. Georgina Flores
      8. Pedro Herrera
      9. Carlos Maya
    3. Associates (N - Z)
      1. Mauricio Narváez
      2. Víctor Ramírez
      3. Sergio Rangel
      4. Maria del Carmen Sada
      5. Juan Luis Serrano
      6. Guillermo Treviño
      7. Carlos Woodworth
    4. All Attorneys / Engineers
    5. Firm Administration
  4. Knowledge & Resources
    1. Articles
      1. Trademark Law Articles
        1. Use requirements
        2. Approach to composite marks changed, again
        3. Life Sciences Handbook 2011 - Country Q&A
        4. Mexico should accept secondary meaning
        5. Getting the Deal Through - Trademarks 2011
        6. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2010/2011 - A Global Guide
        7. No legal basis for banning names derived from INNs
        8. How Latin America tackles cutting-edge IP issues
        9. Specialised IP court corrects IMPI
        10. Protecting trade dress
        11. Mexico's hotel for the stars highlights power in the name
        12. Regulating grey goods
        13. Newsletter Mexico / new regulations dealing with powers of attorney for trademark prosecution and maintenance
        14. Repercussions expected on medicine advertising campaign in Mexico
        15. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        16. Limitations on advertising regulations
        17. Pharmaceutical trademarks
        18. Change to rule on letters of consent
        19. Non-traditional trademarks
        20. Trademark enforcement
        21. Mexico's fair use balancing act
        22. Trademark prosecution and registration strategies
        23. New Trade mark renewal procedures
        24. Composite trade marks
        25. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        26. Internet Issues
        27. Technology tangle: Mexico
        28. Design and trade dress protection Mexico
        29. In support of secondary meaning
        30. New criteria regarding letters of consent
        31. New criterion for recognising letters of consent in Mexico
        32. Advantages of an opposition procedure
        33. Why Mexico matters
        34. Getting the Deal Through - Trademarks 2007
        35. Contributing Firm Mexico 2007
        36. Trademark refusal in Mexico on the grounds of descriptiveness
        37. Mexico, a valuable offshoring/outsourcing destination
        38. Two ways to protect slogans
        39. New approach to composite marks
        40. Preliminary injunctions in unfair competition action
        41. Trade dress protection enhanced
        42. Contributing Firm Mexico 2006
        43. Examiners adopt strict trade mark practice
        44. Creating a secure franchise system
        45. The reasons for valuation
        46. Contributing Firm Mexico 2005
        47. The State of well-known trade marks
        48. Problems of reclassification
        49. Single colour marks in Mexico
        50. Renewing associated trade marks
        51. How to stop parallel imports in Mexico
        52. Exhaustion of rights
        53. Nullity and lapse actions under Mexican Law
      2. Patent Law Articles
        1. Mexico issues regulations to approve biologic drugs
        2. Latin America Roundtable
        3. New regulations pending
        4. The International Comparative Guide
        5. Marketing authorization for pharmaceutical
        6. Approval of follow-on biologics in Mexico
        7. Mexican Linkage Gazette April 2011
        8. Patent Prosecution Highway in Mexico
        9. Life Sciences Handbook 2011 - Country Q&A
        10. Data Package Exclusivity (DPE)
        11. Congress Amends IP Law
        12. Swiss format kept for medical use claims
        13. Filing regulations modified
        14. Mexican Congress Amends IP Law
        15. Mexican Supreme Court Decides on Broad Interpretation of Linkage Regulations
        16. Mexico to Issue Regulations for Approval of "Biocomparable" Drugs
        17. Mexico gets ready to approve biocomparable drugs
        18. IP Law amended
        19. Regulating grey goods
        20. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        21. Mexican Linkage Gazette Aug 2010
        22. Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2010
        23. Compulsory licences and swine flu
        24. The death of business methods
        25. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009
        26. Mexican Linkage Gazette Dec 2009
        27. Enforcing plant variety rights in Mexico
        28. Innovative data protection
        29. Filing divisional applications in Mexico
        30. Vegetal variety rights enforced
        31. New Regulations for pharma industry
        32. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2008
        33. Deciphering Mexican patent prosecution
        34. Patent links hold health authorities to account
        35. Linkage Gazette proves a useful tool
        36. An introduction to the PCT
        37. Business methods and software-related inventions
        38. The reasons for valuation
        39. Accessing genetic resources
        40. Drugs patent reforms introduced
        41. Proving patent infringement
        42. When you can test unexpired patents
        43. Observancia de Derechos y Represión de Ilícitos en el Derecho Mexicano de Patentes
        44. The impact of e-commerce on Mexico's IP laws
        45. Reforming to harmonize
      3. Copyright Law Articles
        1. Advertising in social media networks
        2. Technology challenges digital rights
        3. Exceptions to copyright protection and the permitted uses of copyright works in the hi-tech and digital sectors
        4. Derechos sobre producción audiovisual
        5. How Latin America tackles cutting-edge IP issues
        6. Copyright Litigation 2010
        7. Legislation and enforcement - Copyrights 2010
        8. Valuing folklore
        9. Protecting novel ideas
        10. Mexico's fair use balancing act
        11. The changing face of copyright
        12. Copyright Office to check ISSN and ISBN
        13. The new digital agenda
        14. Court rejects collecting society's bid to claim royalties for film music
        15. Copyright Throughout the World 2008
        16. What's in a name?
        17. Using the criminal law to fight online piracy
        18. Understanding reserva rights
        19. Image and publicity rights in Mexico
        20. The copyright risks of advertising in Mexico
        21. Copyright enforcement puzzles
        22. Whither Rental Rights?
        23. Liability for Contributory Infringement of IPRs
        24. Legislation and enforcement - Copyrights 2008
        25. Copyright or patent?
        26. Can new Microsoft initiative have an impact on piracy rates?
        27. Time for users to take responsibility?
        28. Mexico: Interception and Use of Satellite Broadcasting
        29. Landmark ruling backs copyright users
        30. Acquittal of satellite decoders highlights need for legal reform
        31. A public performance in Mexico
        32. Usetrade marks and other means to protect shapes
        33. The rules on co-owning IP rights
        34. Enforcing your rights in Latin America
        35. Improved protection for personalities
        36. Funding, tax and legal regimes
        37. Mexico: Remuneration rights for Reproduction
        38. Bill hopes to put an end to remuneration muddle
        39. An introduction to the PCT
        40. Legislation and enforcement - Copyright 2006
        41. Multimedia: creación de naturaleza jurídica multifacética
        42. Copyright and the global challenge
        43. Licensing as a Source of Technology Trade: A Picture of Latin America
        44. Tightening the generics loophole
        45. The reasons for valuation
        46. Film exhibitors triumph as remuneration scheme goes to Supreme Court
        47. Court fails to answer remuneration questions
        48. Controversial copyright reform introduced
        49. Authors gain controversial royalties rights under new bill
        50. The Status of Television Programmes in Mexican Copyright Law
        51. Mexico moves to improve Pharmaceutical Product Registration Process
        52. One Little Word
        53. En medicinas, lo barato sale caro
        54. Mexico: Amendments to Copyright Act
        55. Copyright Contracting developments in Mexico
        56. Private Reproduction Righst and Exemptions under Mexican Copyright Law
        57. Artist, authors take on industry
        58. Las Reservas de Derechos al uso exclusivo dentro del sistema mexivano de la Propiedad Intelectual
        59. Las Medidas Cautelares en la Observancia de Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual en México
        60. Protecting patents in Mexico
        61. International protection for tequila
        62. How to stop parallel imports in Mexico
        63. Privacy Issues under Mexican Law
        64. Ownership of Rights in Mexican Copyright Law
        65. Patentability of Human Genome in Mexico
        66. Mexico: Internet Copyright
        67. Protecting famous marks in Mexico
        68. Mexico y Latinoamérica ante el Sistema de Madrid
        69. Internet Copyright
        70. The road to harmonization
        71. Digital Millenium 'a la Mexicaine'
        72. Penalties to protect information
        73. Database protection in Mexico
        74. The impact of e-commerce on Mexico's IP laws
        75. The Pros and Cons of a North American Patent Office
        76. Trademark infringement in Mexico
        77. Three dimensional marks: the borderline between trademarks and industrial designs
        78. Copyright protection for foreign works
        79. Copyright protection for foreign works II
        80. La Protección de los Derechos Intelectuales
        81. Mexico's Health Law Threatens Drug Trademarks
        82. Exhaustion of rights
        83. Internet domain names, trademarks and trade names
        84. Protecting non-traditional marks in Mexico
        85. Famous marks protection versus dilution
        86. The Mexican System for Protecting Famous Marks Vis-A-Vis The U.S. Dilution Theory: A Comparative Analysis
        87. Protecting IP in a brave new world
        88. El Sistema de Infracciones Administrativas en Materia de Comercio de la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor
        89. Patenting of Computer Software
        90. Use of trade marks in Mexico
        91. Recent Developments in Mexican Copyright Law
        92. Copyright and Shrink Wrap Licences in Mexico
        93. Reforming to harmonize
        94. In Mexico, Software Owners Find Rights are Illusory
        95. Breve análisis jurídico sobre el régimen de licencias "SHRINK WRAP" en Mexico
        96. Mexico Battles Wave of Parallel Imports
        97. Las marcas en el comercio Norte/Sur: El impacto del TLC y de otras manifestaciones de mercado
        98. Legal aspects of merchandising
        99. The Mexican Law of 1991 and the Amendments and Regulations of 1994: A Step forward to Enhanced Trademark Protection
        100. Nullity and lapse actions under Mexican Law
        101. Propiedad Intelectual y sus fronteras: Protección de Arte e Industria
        102. From minimum to maximum
        103. Trademark licensing and franchising
        104. La Propiedad Industrial y el Sistema de Justicia Penal en México
        105. Internet y la Industria Farmacéutica
        106. Mexican copyright reviewed
        107. La Protección de Obras Plásticas y de Arte Aplicado en México y en los Paises Latinoamericanos
        108. Breve Analisis sobre la Protección Jurídica de los Programas de Computación en México
        109. Computer software and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): will Mexican law represent a trade barrier?
        110. Breve Análisis sobre las Franquicias y el Derecho de Autor
      4. Corporate Law Articles
        1. Mexico issues Personal Data Protection Rules
        2. How data affects innovation
        3. A practical cross-border
        4. New registry for security interests
        5. The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2011
        6. The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2010
        7. Due diligence issues to consider in M&A
        8. Income expectations in licensing
        9. The reasons for valuation
        10. Amendments proposed to franchise regulation
      5. IP Litigation, ADR Articles
        1. Scope of new specialised courts widened
        2. Reform of preliminary injunctions
        3. Mexican Patent Office excludes Formulation Patents from Linkage Gazette
        4. Mexico gets ready to approve biocomparable drugs
        5. Mexico's hotel for the stars highlights power in the name
        6. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        7. Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2010
        8. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        9. Trademark enforcement
        10. Venues for appealing IMPI decisions
        11. IP court instituted
        12. The new digital agenda
        13. Composite trade marks
        14. Make your case online
        15. Innovative data protection
        16. Back to the good old days
        17. Patent links hold health authorities to account
        18. Preliminary injunctions in unfair competition action
        19. New IP law includes ineffective amendment
        20. Trade dress protection enhanced
        21. Court fails to answer remuneration questions
        22. Proving patent infringement
        23. Applying federal law to industrial property
        24. Penalties to protect information
        25. Nullity and lapse actions under Mexican Law
      6. Regulatory Law Articles
        1. Amendments to the Federal Law for Consumer Protection
        2. Mexico issues Personal Data Protection Rules
        3. New Regulations Pending
        4. Marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products to foreign applicants
        5. Data Package Exclusivity (DPE)
        6. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        7. Pharmaceutical trademarks
        8. Framework for biotherapeutic products established
        9. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009
        10. New Regulations for pharma industry
        11. Transit merchandise can escape Customs
        12. Linkage Gazette proves a useful tool
        13. Drugs patent reforms introduced
      7. Licensing, Tech Transfer Articles
        1. Creating a secure franchise system
      8. Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting Articles
        1. New register against counterfeits
        2. Beat the counterfeiters in Mexico
        3. Battling counterfeits through Customs
        4. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        5. Enforcing plant variety rights in Mexico
        6. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        7. Internet Issues
        8. Anti-counterfeiting 2009
        9. Vegetal variety rights enforced
        10. New Customs rules lead to seizures
        11. Anti-counterfeiting 2008
        12. Passing on good advice
        13. Enforcing your rights in Latin America
      9. Media, Sports & Entertainment Focused Articles
        1. Whither Rental Rights?
        2. Improved protection for personalities
      10. Life Sciences Focused Articles
        1. Latin America Roundtable
        2. New regulations pending
        3. The International Comparative
        4. Approval of follow-on biologics in Mexico
        5. Global Pharmaceutical Linkage Regulations:
        6. Life Sciences Handbook 2011 - Country Q&A
        7. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        8. Repercussions expected on medicine advertising campaign in Mexico
        9. Framework for biotherapeutic products established
        10. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        11. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2008
    2. Webinar Archive
      1. Webinar - Changes to Mexican Patent and Healthcare Laws for Life Sciences
      2. Webinar - Digital Rights Issues in Copyright Law
      3. Webinar - Data Package Exclusivity Rights in Latin America
    3. Recognition
    4. News
      1. Presumed Guilty - How can a law firm help win an Emmy?
      2. New rules came in force to speed timeframes in administrative appeal proceedings
      3. Recent reforms to the Mexican Industrial Property Law dealing with trademark priority rights
      4. Olivares & Cia. ranking
      5. Data Package Exclusivity (DPE)
      6. Mr. Sergio Olivares Sr's Passing
      7. Pharma Linkage Regulations Supreme Court Decision
      8. Managing IP magazine has recognized Olivares & Cia. as the leading firm for patent work in Mexico
      9. Mexican Congress amends the Patent Law
      10. Implementation of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Entities
  5. Events
  6. Offices
  7. Contact Us
  8. Quick guide to Mexico’s regulatory system
    1. Patent regulatory overview
    2. Trademark regulatory overview
    3. Copyright regulatory overview
    4. Corporate & Commercial Regulatory overview