Mexican Institute of Industrial Property

{{short description|Mexico's patent office}}

The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property ({{langx|es|Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial}}; IMPI) is the patent and trademark administration body of Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2014/20140203.html |title=Europe and Mexico intensify co-operation on patents |date=3 February 2014 |website=epo.org |publisher=European Patent Office |accessdate=February 15, 2014}} The IMPI was created on 10 December 1993 by the {{lang|es|Decreto por el que se crea el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.impi.gob.mx/QuienesSomos/Paginas/QueEsElImpi.aspx |title=¿QUÉ ES EL IMPI? |website=impi.gob.mx |publisher=Mexican Institute of Industrial Property |language=Spanish |accessdate=February 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153308/http://www.impi.gob.mx/QuienesSomos/Paginas/QueEsElImpi.aspx |archivedate=February 22, 2014 }}[http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=4811634&fecha=10/12/1993 Decreto por el que se crea el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial], Diario Oficial de la Federación, 10 December 1993. (Registration required.) (In Spanish.) ([http://www.dof.gob.mx/copias_cert.php?acc=ajaxPaginas&paginas=16-18&seccion=UNICA&edicion=207109&ed=MATUTINO&fecha=10/12/1993 Alternate link].)