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World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day was established for the first time on April 26, 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), with the purpose of promoting and disseminating innovation and creativity internationally.

The dissemination of Intellectual Property is a key exercise in the development and protection of technology, science, art and commerce, since it is the area of Law that studies how to protect ideas in each of these branches that are highly relevant to the lives of all people.

This year 2023, the theme of World Intellectual Property Day is “Women and Intellectual Property: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity”, where WIPO “celebrates the can-do attitude of women inventors, creators and entrepreneurs around the world and their pioneering work”. This event is an opportunity to commemorate creators, innovators and those who drive science and technology in the world.

The focus of this year’s event is that according to WIPO figures, the percentage of patent ownership filed by women since 2020 is 16.5%. In Mexico, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (“IMPI”) calculated in 2021 that women file 34% of trademarks, and women made only 14% of inventions .

In VAHG, we join the commemoration of this event and take the opportunity to offer our Intellectual Property services to promote the protection of trademarks, patents and inventions, trade secrets, copyrights and related rights, reservations of rights, and advice on protection of appellations of origin and achieve greater participation of women inventors, creators, artists and entrepreneurs in Mexico and worldwide.

In case you require additional information or if you would like VAHG to provide you with advice for the protection of Intellectual Property, whether as a trademark, invention, copyright or any of the above listed, please do not hesitate to contact us.

** The publication of this document does not constitute legal, accounting or professional advice of any kind, nor is it intended to be applicable to particular cases. This

document only refers to laws applicable in Mexico.

For further information, please contact:

Mariana González Sánchez