How to register a trademark?

Many people ask the following question: How to register a trademark? The Procedure for Registering a Trademark in Mexico begins with a trademark registration application that must be filed with the trademark office of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), where a series of data must be recorded (the mark to be registered, class, goods or services, date of first use, etc.), then the IMPI makes a formal examination, by which it verifies whether in the application all the formal requirements established in the Law and its Regulations were met.

Upon completion of the formal examination, the IMPI conducts a substantive examination, by which it must determine whether the mark meets the requirements of registrability stipulated in the Act. If it is concluded that the application submitted does not meet these requirements, the Institute communicates this situation in writing to the applicant, who has a period of two months to remedy the errors or omissions that have been made in the application submitted. If no reply is submitted within the prescribed period, the request is deemed abandoned.

If the application is found to comply with the requirements laid down by law, or, once the errors or omissions in which it was made have been remedied, and if deemed appropriate, the appropriate registration certificate is issued, which will be published in the Gazette.

If, on the other hand, registration is refused, such refusal may be challenged by means of an appeal for review, or by the Administrative Litigation Court, and at the end of the case, by direct amparo before a Collegiate Circuit Court in Administrative Matters.

When you apply for your trademark through the Firm Bandala | Díaz | García you will only send us the trademark details (filling out our form via email). We take care of presenting your trademark to the Department of Industrial Property, its publication and all the necessary steps to obtain the trademark registration certificate.

We have professional specialists, who will give optimal advice throughout the process of processing your trademark application. During the duration of this procedure, we will be responsible for a regular monitoring of it, and therefore any action to be taken, or submissions to be made within a certain period, will be carried out by our professionals in a timely manner.