Border Measures (MF) are temporary measures designed to prevent the importation or exportation of products that violate the rights of the owner of a trademark and allow the suspension of customs activity and the elimination or confiscation of the infringing merchandise.
The objective of the MF is to suspend the dispatch of counterfeit or “pirated” goods that precisely infringe intellectual property rights. These infractions must not only be stopped so that said goods are not released into the trade of a certain territory, but also help to avoid subsequent infringements by third parties through the filing of lawsuits regulated by law.
In this sense, regardless of the moment in which the MF is requested, either on the own initiative of the owner of the Intellectual Property rights before a Court, or by request of the Customs Authority ex officio, the following judicial processes take place: Read more
