At the end of 2021, the 57 rooms of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (TFJA), located throughout the national territory, will be operating both in person, and with online trials, reported Luz Maria Anaya Domínguez, member of the Governing and Administration Board of that institution.
In an interview, the also former magistrate of the Regional Chamber on Intellectual Property Matters, announced that, as of March 21, 24 courtrooms will have the new version of online trials.
With this, any individual who has a resolution in the matter that causes harm and who decides to challenge it, may choose to seek the administration of justice in person or online.
It is only necessary to have the advanced electronic signature and the Unique Population Registry Code (CURP), to be able to initiate an electronic file that is put to the consideration of the justice officials.
He stressed that the online trial not only means savings on paper, but also has other advantages, such as bringing justice closer to individuals.
However, he mentioned that, like any new system, we must continue to make progress in convincing individuals that it is a reliable and accessible platform.
He recalled that it is not a new matter in the TFJA, since this modality of trials has been implemented since 2011.
Even, at the time, this type of action placed the TFJA at the forefront in terms of providing justice services on a global scale.
At first it was thought operate in the 57 regional roomsHowever, it focused on two rooms: the Online Trial, which handles all matters, and the Intellectual Property room.
Even before the pandemic, in 2019, the TFJA had the decision to reinforce this modality and began to develop a version 2 of the Online Trial, which is precisely the one that will be available in all the rooms by the end of this year.
Intellectual Property Chamber receives 2,000 lawsuits per year
Anaya Domínguez stated that, on a national scale, it is necessary to advance in education and culture of copyright protection, to protect works, in the case of copyright and what has to do with industrial law, is say inventions and brands, for example.
For the official, it is necessary to encourage authors and inventors to have a sense of protection of their work.
On an international scale, copyright has two main branches: on the one hand, industrial property rights, which has to do with innovation, such as patents, industrial designs and distinctive signs, appellations of origin.
In this case, the administrative authority is the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and are governed by the Industrial Property Law
On the other hand, there is what has to do with copyright, where the intellectual, creative part of people is, which they translate into a material medium. In this case, the administrative authority is the National Institute of Copyright (Indautor) and the governing law is the Federal Copyright Law.
The specialist highlighted that one of the great challenges of industrial property continues to be that, when there are violations of the rights of the owners, sometimes the means of defense and, above all, reparation of the damage, are not as effective.
He recalled that in 2020 the Industrial Property Law was promulgated and, precisely, one of its claims is to try that these damage repairs can be more affective.
He recalled that any resolution of the Indautor and the MAID it is open to challenge before the Federal Court of Administrative Justice.
He explained that annually that court receives around 2,000 lawsuits, mainly on matters related to industrial property, particularly with refusal of trademarks, patent issues and contention procedures, that is, when someone owns a trademark and someone copies or intends to exploit it. improperly that mark.
Regarding copyright, reservations for the use of rights that protect characters and magazine publications are recurrent.
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