. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
IP/N/1/MEX/3 
19 December 2012 
 (12-6937) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
MEXICO 
 
  The following communication, dated 10 October 2012, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Mexico. 
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  Acting on instructions from my authorities and pursuant to Article 63.2 of the Agreement on 
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Ri ghts (TRIPS), I attach hereto hard copies and 
electronic versions of the following amendments to  various provisions of Mexican legislation in the 
areas covered by the TRIPS Agreement: 
Industrial property 
- Decree amending Article 180 of the Industrial Property Law
1, published in the Official 
Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) on 6 May 2009; 
- Decree adding a third and fourth paragraph to  Article 181 of the Industrial Property Law2, 
published in the Official Journal on 6 January 2010; 
- Decree amending and supplementing various prov isions of the Industrial Property Law3, 
published in the Official Journal on 6 January 2010; 
- Decree amending and supplementing various Articles of the Industrial Property Law4, 
published in the Official Journal on 18 June 2010; 
- Decree amending Article 429 of the Federal Criminal Code and Article 223 bis of the 
Industrial Property Law5, published in the Official Journal on 28 June 2010; 
- Decree amending various provisions of the Regulations to the Industrial Property Law6, 
published in the Official Journal on 10 June 2011; 
 
                                                      
1 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/3. 
2 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/4. 
3 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/5. 
4 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/6. 
5 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/7. 
6 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/8. IP/N/1/MEX/3 
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  - Decree amending various provisions of the Industrial Property Law and Article 232 of the 
Federal Law on Copyright
7, published in the Official Journal on 27 January 2012; 
- Decree amending Articles 6, subparagraphs I and XXI;  7 bis, subparagraphs I, II and IV;  
12, subparagraph VI;  159, subparagraph IV;  and 169, subpar agraph III, of the Industrial 
Property Law8, published in the Official Journal on 9 April 20129; 
Copyright 
- Decree amending various provisions of the Industrial Property Law and Article 232 of the 
Federal Law on Copyright10, published in the Official Journal on 27 January 2012; 
Geographical indications 
- General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Vainilla de Papantla"11, 
published in the Official Journal on 5 March 2009; 
- General Declaration on the Protection of the A ppellation of Origin "Chile Habanero de la 
Península de Yucatán"12, published in the Official Journal on 4 June 2010; 
- General Declaration on the Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Arroz del Estado de 
Morelos"13, published in the Official Journal on 16 February 2012. 
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7 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/9-IP/N/1/MEX/C/3. 
8 See document IP/N/1/MEX/I/10. 
9 These amendments are notified so lely for the purposes of transparency.  They do not involve any 
substantive changes to the legislation, only changes to the names of government bodies. 
10 See document IP/N/1/MEX /C/3-IP/N/1/MEX/I/9. 
11 See document IP/N/1/MEX/G/1. 
12 See document IP/N/1/MEX/G/2. 
13 See document IP/N/1/MEX/G/3.