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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the United Mexican States (2012) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Federal Law on Copyright (as last amended on January 27, 2012) (2012) Industrial Property Law (as last amended on April 9, 2012) (2012) Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Industrial Property Law of December 6, 2005 (2005) Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Industrial Property Law of April 19, 2005 (2005) Decree amending Article 77 of the Industrial Property Law of October 7, 2003 (2003) Decree amending the Federal Law on Copyright of April 30, 2003 (2003) Decree amending the Industrial Property Law of December 12, 1997 (1997) Federal Law on Plant Varieties (1996) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Customs Law (2012) Foreign Investment Law (2012) Federal Antitrust Law (2012) Federal Law on Consumer Protection (2012) Law on Prizes, Civil Incentives and Rewards (2012) Federal Code of Civil Procedure (as last amended on April 9, 2012) (2012) Federal Code of Criminal Procedure (2012) Federal Criminal Code (2012) Federal Civil Code (2012) Commercial Code (2012) Law on Science and Technology (2011) Law on the the National Emblem, Flag and Anthem (2011) Civil Code governing the Federal District on Common Matters, and governing the entire Republic on Federal Matters (2011) General Law on the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Cultures (2010) Law on Telecommunications (2010) Federal Law on Cinematography (2010) General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (2010) General Law on Libraries (2009) Federal Law on Radio and Television (2009) Law on the Promotion of Reading and Books (2008) Federal Law on the Production, Certification and Trade of Seeds (2007) Law on the Use and Protection of Name and Emblem of the Red Cross (2007) Federal Law on Labor (2006) Federal Law on Monuments and Archaeological, Artistic and Historic Zones (1986) Law creating the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (1950) Law on Crimes related to Print (1917) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Decree amending various provisions of the Regulation on the Industrial Property Law (2011)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Decree amending articles 429 on the Federal Criminal Code Federal and article 223 bis on the Industrial Property Law (2012) Decree amending some Federal laws, in order to update all those articles that refer to the Secretaries of State whose name was amended and the Government of the Federal District in the leading, and to eliminate the mention of administrative departments which are no longer valid (2012) Decree amending some provisions of the Industrial Property Law and Article 232 of the Federal Law on Copyright (2012) Decree amending various provisions of the Industrial Property Law and Article 232 of the Federal Law of Copyright (2012) Regulation of the Law on Industrial Property (2011) Agreement which discloses the Fee for the Services provided by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2010) Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Industrial Property (2010) Decree adding paragraphs third and fourth to the Article 181 on the Industrial Property Law (2010) Agreement establishing the Rules for the Submission of Applications before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2010) Decree amending article 180 of the Industrial Property Law (2009) Agreement establishing the Organization, Functions and Territorial Jurisdiction for the Regional Offices of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2009) Agreement to delegate Authority to the Deputy Directors General, Divisional Directors, Heads of Regional Offices, Divisional Vice Directors, Departmental Coordinators and other Subordinates of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2007) Organic Statute of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2007) Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulation under the Federal Law on Copyright of September 9, 2005 (2005) Agreement to inform on the Provisions relating to Integration, Operation and Updating of the List referred to under Article 47-bis of the Regulation of the Law of Industrial Property, as well as the Consultation Form for Patents on Allopathic Medicines COFEPRIS-IMPI. (2005) Regulations under the Federal Copyright Law (2005) Agreement establishing Rules and Criteria for the Resolution of various Procedures before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2004) Décret amending Article 77 of the Law on Industrial Property (2004) Agreement establishing maximum Terms for responding to Proceedings before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (2004) Decree amending the Regulation on Health Inputs and the Regulations under the Industrial Property Law of September 15, 2003 (2003) Decree amending the Regulations under the Industrial Property Law of September 9, 2002 (2002) NOM-126-SEMARNAT-2000 (2000) Regulation of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (1999) Rules of the National Institute of Copyright (1999) Agreement providing Information on Working Hours for the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (1999) Regulations of the Federal Plant Variety Law (1998) Agreement announcing the List of Institutions accredited by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property for the Deposit of Biological Material (1997) Decree establishing the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (1993) Agreement establishing the Interdepartmental Commission for the Protection, Surveillance and Safeguarding of Intellectual Property Rights (1993)

Geographical Indications	Laws / Regulations (Date of current version) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Chile Habanero de la Península de Yucatán" (2010) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Vainilla de Papantla" (2009) Modifications to the General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Talavera" published on March 17 and amended on September 11, 1997 (2003) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Charanda" (2003) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas" (2003) Modifications to the General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Mezcal" published in the Official Journal of the Federation on 28 November 1994 (2003) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Sotol" (2002) Resolution amending the General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Mezcal " published in the Official Journal of the Federation on 28 November 1994 (2001) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Café Veracruz" (2000) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Ambar de Chiapas" (2000) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Bacanora" (2000) Modifications to the General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Tequila", published in the Official Journal of the Federation on October 13, 1977 (2000) Modifications to the General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Tequila", published in the Official Journal of the Federation on October 13, 1977 (1999) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Talavera" (1997) Resolution granting Protection under Sections 157, 158 inter alia of the Industrial Property Law to the Appellation of Origin 'Talavera de Puebla', to be applied to Talavera Craft (1995) Resolution granting Protection of the Appellation of Origin 'Mezcal', to be applied to Alcoholic Beverages of the same Name (1994) Resolution granting Protection of the Appellation of Origin 'Olinalá', to be applied to Woodwork (1994) General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Tequila" (1977)

Treaty Approvals	Laws / Decrees (Date of current version) Decree Promulgating the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (2013) Decree promulgating the Protocol amending the Free Trade Agreement between the United Mexican States, the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Venezuela, signed in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on June 13, 1994 (2011)

IP Legal Literature	General Declaration protecting the Geographical Indication of the Morelos State Rice ('Arroz del Estado de Morelos') (2012) Tendencies in Mexican Jurisprudence, Third Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property for Judges and Prosecutors of Latin America, 2004 (2004) Regulation on the Industrial Property Law (2000)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ... Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks ... Trademark Law Treaty ... Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (February 19, 2013) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (May 20, 2002) WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 6, 2002) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (October 26, 2001) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (March 21, 2001) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (March 21, 2001) Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (January 26, 2001) Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (January 26, 2001) Patent Cooperation Treaty (January 1, 1995) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (May 16, 1985) Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (August 25, 1979) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (June 14, 1975) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (December 21, 1973) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (June 11, 1967) Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (September 25, 1966) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (May 18, 1964) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (September 7, 1903) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention to works of stateless persons and refugees ... Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention ... United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (January 7, 2009) Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (January 2, 2009) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2008) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2008) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 20, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 27, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (March 9, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (September 11, 2003) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (September 5, 2000) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (August 9, 1997) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 21, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (December 29, 1993) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (January 1, 1989) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (May 23, 1984) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (September 10, 1983) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (June 23, 1981) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (October 31, 1975) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (January 4, 1973) Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention the works of certain international organizations (May 12, 1957) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (May 12, 1957) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 7, 1956) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 7, 1956) Protocol on Uniformity of Powers of Attorney which are to be Utilized Abroad (June 24, 1953) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (April 29, 1953) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (April 29, 1953) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (April 29, 1953) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) General Inter-American Convention for Trade Mark and Commercial Protection ... Inter-American Convention on the Rights of the Author in Literary, Scientific and Artistic Works (May 26, 1947) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitution of the Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (March 26, 1997) North American Free Trade Agreement Between the Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America (of December 8, 1993) (NAFTA) (January 1, 1994) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (May 13, 1989) Treaty establishing the Latin American Integration Association (March 22, 1981) Panama Convention establishing the Latin American Economic System (SELA) (June 7, 1976) Protocol Relating to Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries Agreement (August 29, 1974) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Protocol Amending the Free Trade Agreement between the United Mexican States, the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Venezuela (August 2, 2011) Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and Mexico (April 1, 2005) Agreement on Educational and Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (August 16, 2003) Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and Mexico (July 1, 2001) Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (October 1, 2000) Free Trade Agreement between European Communities and Mexico (July 1, 2000) Free Trade Agreement between Israel and Mexico (July 1, 2000) Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Mexico (August 1, 1999) Agreement between the Government of the Argentine Republic and the Government of the United Mexican States for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (July 22, 1998) Free Trade Agreement between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Nicaragua (July 1, 1998) Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and Mexico (January 1, 1995) Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Venezuela and the United Mexican States (January 1, 1995)

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