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Mexico has been placed on the U.S. Priority Watch List for Intellectual Property issues in 2025

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The Priority Watch List is a designation used by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as part of its annual Special 301 Report. This report evaluates every year the state of Intellectual Property (IP) protection and...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Nearshoring is Expected to Increase: What are the Patent Challenges for IP Owners?

The new U.S. administration’s interest in tariffs has put the process of nearshoring front and center. What is nearshoring? That’s when goods are sent into the U.S. tariff-free from a country with a free trade agreement and a...more

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Navigating Trade Waters: A Deep Dive into the USMCA Joint Review Process and Its Impact on China and Mexico

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This is the second of a three-part series about the USMCA joint review process, focusing on China, Mexico, and competing visions of a “worker-centered” trade policy. Part one introduces the USMCA joint review process and...more

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A general introduction to technology disputes in Mexico

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In Mexico, disputes involving technological assets tend mainly to concern the unauthorised manufacture, use and sale of software and inventions. Unfortunately, Mexico is a country that faces a serious piracy problem, of both...more

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Mexico's New Industrial Property Law: In a Nutshell

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The Mexican Federal Law for Protection of Industrial Property (IP) (Ley Federal de Protección a la Propiedad Industrial) takes effect as of Nov. 5, 2020. The decree issuing this law was published in the Official Gazette of...more

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Mexico: New Federal Law for Protection of Industrial Property & amended Federal Copyright Law & Criminal Code

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On 30 June the House of Representatives voted and approved 3 decrees whereby A new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property is enacted, Federal Copyright Law is amended; and, Federal Criminal Code is also...more

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Mexico Joined The Hague Agreement for International Protection of Designs on 3/6/2020

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Mexico has joined the Hague System by depositing the instrument of ratification of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement for International Protection of Designs on March 6, 2020, thereby fulfilling one of its obligations...more

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USMCA: Implications for Biologics and Innovation

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law. The USMCA contains a number of key and last-minute revisions that implicate biologic medicines and patent obligations. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Modernizing NAFTA: The United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

On January 16, 2020, the United States Senate voted by an overwhelming majority to pass the implementing legislation for the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) after months of tense negotiations with...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Year-End Trade Deals Offer Hope for U.S. Business in 2020

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December 2019 has yielded some potentially significant relief to U.S. businesses and agricultural producers that may improve the terms of trade in 2020 after a prolonged period of increasing and damaging friction in...more

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Updated USMCA a Breath of Fresh Air in a Distressed Trading World

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The updated USMCA was signed on December 10, 2019. These are not business-as-usual times in the trading world. As we know, there is the ongoing trade war with China, Brazil and Argentina are back in the steel and aluminum...more

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10-Year Data Exclusivity for Biologics Removed from Final USMCA Agreement

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On December 10, 2019, the House Democrats and Trump administration reached an agreement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994....more

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US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Advantages Over NAFTA Relating To Intellectual Property, Agriculture and Automotive Manufacturing

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Passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has recently been characterized by the media as a political issue, with President Trump pushing for a vote by year’s end and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not...more

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The USMCA and What Could Change on Industrial Property Enforcement in Mexico

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• The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed by the participating countries on Nov. 30, 2018, and has been ratified by the Mexican Senate, but there is no full certainty as to when the agreement will take...more

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United States Releases Annual Assessment of Foreign Trade Barriers

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On March 29, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, which "highlights significant foreign barriers to U.S....more

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Key IP Takeaways from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

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On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada reached a trade agreement to supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement. The aptly named United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement includes intellectual property...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

On November 30, 2018 the United States, Mexico, and Canada formally signed the new cross-border trading agreement known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (the "USMCA"), ending almost two years of economic...more

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International Trade: A New Dawn for North American Trade

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The business community, lawmakers and even workers across North America breathed a collective sigh of relief on October 1, 2018, after the renegotiated NAFTA agreement was unveiled. Following negotiations that had become...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement: Intellectual Property Provisions for the Modern Age

On October 1, 2018, the United States, Canada, and Mexico announced that they had reached an agreement to “modernize” the 24-year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). When NAFTA came into effect, it created the...more

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AFTA NAFTA: USMCA and the path forward

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On 30 September, after an intensive, last-minute flurry of negotiations, Canada joined the United States and Mexico in a new trilateral agreement to replace the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA 1.0). ...more

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Selected Favorable Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Provisions of the USMCA

After more than a year of negotiations, the U.S., Mexico, and Canada recently concluded the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The USMCA, when it takes effect, will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement...more

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Alert: Goodbye NAFTA, Hello USMCA: A New Framework for Investment, IP and the Digital Economy

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The new United States Mexico Canada Agreement announced on October 1, 2018, will replace the North America Free Trade Agreement and significantly alter the legal framework of what has arguably been the most successful...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Announced

On Sunday, September 30, President Trump reached an agreement with the governments of Canada and Mexico to revise and modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Publishing the text of the new agreement just...more

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After NAFTA: Digital Trade in the New USMCA

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One of the avowed reasons for scrapping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and replacing it with a new agreement was that “digital trade” did not even exist in 1994 when NAFTA came into force. Accordingly, The...more

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U.S., Mexico, Canada Agree to Update NAFTA

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After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the “Parties”) reached an agreement late Sunday night to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”)—renaming...more

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