Earlier this year (January 2020), the Unites States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Policy (IMPI) had signed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Technical and Strategic Collaboration (MoU).

On December 07, 2020, the parties to the MoU announced their decision to launch the Parallel Patent Grant (PPG) initiative under which the IMPI will expedite the grants of Mexican applications whose US counter-parts have already been granted.

This move protects the interests of businesses that have investments in Mexico.

The PPG is a separate initiative from the PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) which has been implemented by the IMPI and the USPTO since 2011.

Read More: https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/uspto-and-mexican-institute-industrial-property-announce-launch-parallel

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