Mexico’s new Regulation implementing the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, published in the Official Gazette on 28 April 2026, will take effect on 22 July—the 60th working day after publication—and replace the framework dating from 1994. According to the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), the regulation gives more detailed operational guidance on procedures, deadlines and filing requirements under the current industrial property law.
With the effective date close, applicants and rights holders should review pending matters now, particularly deadline calculations, documentary formalities, evidence preparation and instructions to local counsel. The transition may affect the handling of patent, trademark and design filings as well as contentious proceedings; businesses with active Mexican portfolios should confirm the applicable rules case by case rather than assume that existing templates and timelines will remain unchanged.
