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1 May 2012PatentsHedwig Lindner and Manuel Morante

A question of fairness: preliminary injunctions in Mexico

In Mexico, patent and other intellectual property infringement actions are litigated, in the first instance, before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI). Since 1994, IMPI has been authorised to grant various forms of provisional relief, including preliminary injunctions against the manufacture, sale and distribution of allegedly infringing goods.

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