IP Shots | The Case of DIGI: How Industry Practices Can Affect the Assessment of a Trademark’s Distinctiveness in the EU.

The Case of DIGI: How Industry Practices Can Affect the Assessment of a Trademark´s Distintiveness in the EU Can a trademark as supposedly well-known as DIGI lack sufficient distinctiveness to be registered? The EUIPO believes so — but there’s a bit of a catch.  In August 2024, Digi Romania filed an application with the EUIPO to register the figurative trademark “DIGI” for a broad list…

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A&L Newsletter | ANAM–IMPI COORDINATION AGREEMENT

ANAM – IMPI COORDINATION AGREEMENT May 05, 2026 The recent signing of the Coordination and Collaboration Agreement between the Mexican National Customs Agency (ANAM) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) undoubtedly represents a strengthening of industrial property rights enforcement in foreign trade operations. However, it will be interesting to see how the authorities…

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A&L Newsletter | Adjusting Patent Terms Due to Health Authority Delays: A Necessary but Still Ineffective Mechanism in Mexico

Adjusting Patent Terms Due to Health Authority Delays: A Necessary but Still Inecffective Mechanism in Mexico April 10, 2026 It is a constant feature of the Mexican legal system—and of many other systems—that domestic regulations evolve at a slower pace than the obligations arising from international treaties, which typically establish minimum standards that the member…

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A&L Newsletter | Four New Geographical Indications and a New Appellation of Origin in Mexico

Four New Geographical Indications and a New Appellation of Origin in Mexico April 09, 2026 The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has recently declared the protection of four new geographical indications and one appellation of origin.  The declarations of protection for the geographical indications, Traje de Chinelo originario del Estado de Morelos and Cuera Tamaulipeca were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on February…

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