Mexico

Mexico Profile

Mexico is a federal republic in North America. It borders the United States to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south and west, Belize, Guatemala and the Caribbean to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. With an area of nearly two million square kilometers (over 760,000 square miles), it is the fifth largest country in the Americas and the fourteenth largest in the world. With a total population of more than 120 million, it is the tenth most populous country in the world, the most populous country in the Spanish-speaking world and the second most populous country in Latin America.

Mexican Intellectual Property Legal System

• " Industrial Property Law"
• "Decree Concerning the Amendment and Supplement of Various Provisions of the Industrial Property Law"
• The Federal Act on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
• Federal Copyright Act
• Act Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Federal Copyright Act

International Organization/Agreement

• Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Emblem
• Brussels Convention on the Sending of Program Signals for Satellite Transmissions
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Their International Registration
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property