Non-traditional trademarks and other amendments to the Mexican IP Law (Second Part)
This post was first published on The IPKat blog:
This Kat summarizes in the second part of the report on the second batch of amendments to the Mexican IP Law, the highlights of the provisions thoroughly modified in relation to trademarks and administrative procedures. Read the first part here.
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Specific products and services. According to article 113 section IV, the specific products or services to be covered by the mark must be indicated in the application form.
Co-existence agreements and letters of consent. The grounds for refusal of a trademark registration established in sections XVIII, XIX and XX of article 90 (which inter alia refer to signs confusingly similar to another in respect of which a pending application has been filed or a trademark registration in force) are not applicable to confusingly similar trademarks when the “… consent is expressed, in writing, in accordance with the Regulations of … [the] Law”.
