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Revision as of 19:11, 3 June 2009 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) (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])

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;

See also

References