New Trademark Examiners' Manual to be introduced

The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, together with several members of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, is working towards the creation of a Trademark Examiners’ Manual. One part of the task consists in the creation of guidelines concerning the absolute/relative grounds for refusal; discussions are due to begin within the next few weeks, with the aim of finalising the guidelines by the end of the year.