Mexico’s Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) further clarified on 5 August 2026 how the new Technology Transfer Registry will operate as Articles 193–196 of the revised Regulations to the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property are implemented. The registry is intended to cover technology-transfer arrangements, intellectual-property licences and franchise agreements, bringing filing details, agreement information and subsequent updates into a more defined compliance process.
For multinational companies, the practical issue is not the filing step alone but how registration interacts with enforceability against third parties, local tax treatment and later IP enforcement. Legal, tax and commercial teams should therefore align the licensed rights, contracting entities, payment terms and supporting documents before execution, while existing agreements may merit a review for any registration or updating requirement. A procedural omission can become disproportionately important when a licence later has to support a deduction, a defence or an enforcement action in Mexico.
