Diapositiva 1

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MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
Jorge H. Amigo Director General October 2006
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IPR-ENFORCEMENT MEXICO
IMPI

• The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  (IMPI) is the administrative authority in
  industrial property matters.
• Is a decentralized body with legal personality
  and its own budget which have various
  objectives. Created by Presidential Decree in
  1993.
• Besides from being a registration authority
  dedicated to the granting of patents and
  trademarks registrations, IMPI is also
  responsible for imposing sanctions to the
  illegal use of this rights, and to declare the
  cancellation or annulment when a third party
  files a suit because he is being affected due to
  a new granting or registration .

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IPR-ENFORCEMENT MEXICO
The legal framework in Mexico prevents the
following proceedings in different matters
LEGAL FRAMEWORK PROCEEDINGS
CIVIL CLAIM
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
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IPR-ENFORCEMENT MEXICO
APPLICATIONS AND SOLVED 1994-2006
APPLICATIONS 21,472 SOLVED 22.083
September/06
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Total 33,034
INSPECTION VISITS 1994-2006
September/06
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GOODS 54.496.565 VALUE 12,000,000 USD
SEIZED MERCHANOISE 1994-2006
September/06
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TOTAL INFRINGEMENTS 2006
September/06
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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENTS 2006
September/06
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ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 2006

• National Campaigns Collaboration Agreements
  with the Private Sector.
• National Agreement against Piracy
  Counterfeiting, signed in March 2006.
• Cooperation local authorities
• Cooperation by the private sector
• Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a
  trilateral alliance in North America

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ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 2006

• 43 new positions to enforce IPR protection.
• Statistics measurement methodology by the IMPI
  in coordination with the National Statistics
  Office (INEGI).
• Awareness activities.

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CONTACTS

• IMPI
• www.impi.gob.mx
• Jorge H. Amigo
• jamigo_at_impi.gob.mx
• Gilda González Carmona
• ggonzalez_at_impi.gob.mx