OLIVARES
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Leading firm in Latin America 2027
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Founded in 1969, OLIVARES is Mexico's leading intellectual property and litigation firm, and the first to bring legal and scientific expertise under one roof. It handles patents, trademarks, copyright, anti-counterfeiting, regulatory and administrative work, and IP, civil and commercial litigation, with dedicated groups in life sciences, entertainment and media, and data privacy. The firm has won precedent-setting decisions before IMPI, the federal courts, and Mexico's Supreme Court.
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OLIVARES built its reputation by working to change how Mexico's IP system functions, through litigation, lobbying, and constitutional cases that reshaped the law. Its patent group has filed close to 20,000 applications in the past decade. Recent work includes the Supreme Court trade dress victory for Grupo Modelo against Heineken Mexico in 2025, and a 2024 Supreme Court ruling that corrected the burden of proof standard for pharmaceutical process patents.
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Grupo Modelo v. Heineken México
Supreme Court win on trade dress and unfair competition for Grupo Modelo's Michelob Ultra. Set a national precedent.
Pharmaceutical process patents, Supreme Court
Won a Supreme Court ruling correcting the burden of proof for pharmaceutical process patent infringement.
Grupo Chespirito and TelevisaUnivision
Resolved a copyright and licensing deadlock that returned a classic Chespirito TV catalogue to air.
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Mexico - Head office
Ciudad de México
Pedro Luis Ogazón No. 17 Col. San Angel, Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 01000, Mexico City
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Big changes in Mexican Trademark Law.
As a result of Mexican Government’s re-negotiations on free trade agreements, and combined with demands from the national business community, important amendments to the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) have been launched.
Introduction: Mexican Copyright Law does not Protect Well Authors.
“Legislating or enforcing without understanding issues or rights leads any legal system to become unfair”.
Big changes in Mexican Trademark Law.
As a result of Mexican Government’s re-negotiations on free trade agreements, and combined with demands from the national business community, important amendments to the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) have been launched.
Introduction: Mexican Copyright Law does not Protect Well Authors.
“Legislating or enforcing without understanding issues or rights leads any legal system to become unfair”.
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