Anti-Counterfeiting in Mexico.

Mondaq Business BriefingNbr. 2004, May 2004

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Articles and procedure, trademark infringement, industrial property rights

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Anti-Counterfeiting in Mexico.

Trademark counterfeiting is regulated in Mexican Industrial Property Law as follows:

Art. 223. The following conducts constitute crimes:

I. ...

II. Counterfeiting trademarks in bath faith and with the intention of commercial speculation

III. Producing, storing, transporting, introducing to the country, distributing or selling, with bath faith and with commercial speculation purposes, objects that bear counterfeits of marks protected by the law, likewise, supplying in any manner and in bath faith materials destinated to produce objects bearing counterfeit trademarks protected by the law.

The following government bodies play different roles on the enforcement of anti-counterfeiting activities:

Administrative Authorities:

Attorney General's Office,

Mexican Institute of Industrial Property,

Deputy Attorney's Office for the Specialized Investigations of Federal Crimes,

Head of the Special...

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