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(Mexico has a Free Trade agreement with the USA. Such agreements are usually thought to require the patentability of software ideas, but software is reportedly explicitly excluded in Mexico's agreemen) |
(Patents are regulated in Mexico by this law: [http://www.impi.gob.mx/wb/IMPI/ley_de_la_propiedad_industrial/_rid/664?page=6 Ley de la Propiedad Industrial]) |
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Mexico has a Free Trade agreement with the USA. Such agreements are usually thought to require the patentability of software ideas, but software is reportedly explicitly excluded in Mexico's agreement (NAFTA). | Mexico has a Free Trade agreement with the USA. Such agreements are usually thought to require the patentability of software ideas, but software is reportedly explicitly excluded in Mexico's agreement (NAFTA). | ||
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+ | ==Patentability== | ||
+ | ===Legislation==== | ||
+ | Patents are regulated in Mexico by this law: [http://www.impi.gob.mx/wb/IMPI/ley_de_la_propiedad_industrial/_rid/664?page=6 Ley de la Propiedad Industrial] | ||
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+ | Article 19 lists what is excluded and item 4 on the list is "programs for computers": | ||
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+ | :''ARTICULO 19.- No se considerarán invenciones para los efectos de esta Ley:'' | ||
+ | :''[...]'' | ||
+ | :''IV.- Los programas de computación;'' | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 19:11, 3 June 2009
Mexico has a Free Trade agreement with the USA. Such agreements are usually thought to require the patentability of software ideas, but software is reportedly explicitly excluded in Mexico's agreement (NAFTA).
Patentability
Legislation=
Patents are regulated in Mexico by this law: Ley de la Propiedad Industrial
Article 19 lists what is excluded and item 4 on the list is "programs for computers":
- ARTICULO 19.- No se considerarán invenciones para los efectos de esta Ley:
- [...]
- IV.- Los programas de computación;