TMI Abogados

TMI is a boutique law firm based in Mexico City that specializes in protecting the intellectual property rights and technology of innovators, companies, and organizations.  TMI is the go-to firm for complex IP litigation cases.

 TMI excels at providing innovative, tailor-made solutions on issues such as trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, unfair competition, entertainment, videogames, domain names, arbitration, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data protection.  

Over a span of 22 years, the firm has built a solid reputation based on a track record of achieving the legal objectives of its clients. The experts at TMI design innovative and customized legal solutions and are known for their commitment to excellence, win rate, and business acumen. 

TMI is a strategic ally that helps companies protect their most valuable intangible assets. 

TMI is proud to be recognized as disruptive innovators when creating strategies for the protection of our clients' portfolios or designing a litigation strategy. 

One of the firm’s foremost disciplines is ICT litigation, particularly in the areas of software and videogames. Copyright enforcement, particularly in software, is a key area of focus for our firm. TMI’s practice has expanded to prosecuting and enforcing copyrights in digital media, particularly with respect to internet notice-and-takedown procedures, and site blocking cases involving the motion pictures and videogames industries. 

  

TMI has a strong practice focused on Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") and our lawyers participate in mediation and arbitration proceedings as counsel to parties or arbitrators. The firm’s IP litigation group handles delicate and intricate matters at the administrative, appeals and constitutional levels, and have been responsible for a series of new precedents involving complex IP, trade dress, FRAND licensing and technology matters.   

TMI is also the foremost expert in Mexico on issues related to piracy and counterfeit merchandise. On a regular basis, it offers training for customs officials in which lawyers instruct them on how to spot the counterfeits of our clients’ products. TMI organizes and directly participates in these training sessions with customs officials at the main points of entry of the country. Over the past 18 months, we have achieved the seizure and destruction of more than 1 million counterfeit products and are contacted regularly by the media to offer comments on issues related to trends in piracy and counterfeit products in the Mexican market. 

 The protection of trade secrets and the implementation of organizational confidentiality models is also one of our strengths. 

TMI is involved in a wide range of legal project areas, from drafting legislation to negotiating international treaties, allowing us to be at the forefront of the latest developments in law, politics, and technology. 

TMI has provided and currently provides strategic advice to a considerable number of the major innovation centers-

TMI provided expertise to the Mexican government related to IP during the negotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement (TLCUEM). Kiyoshi Tsuru is the chair of the private sector technical negotiating group of the free trade agreements. 

TMI closely follows trademark and patent filings during the reviewal process and after the granting of the registrations. Regarding trademarks and patents in 2022, TMI obtained several registrations not only in Mexico but also in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

TMI Abogados constantly evaluates the market and the needs of its clients. Consequently, our firm regularly updates its knowledge in the areas of litigation, intellectual property administrative and constitutional litigation, electronic transactions, video game and entertainment protection, domain name litigation, digital copyright prosecution, and cybersecurity risk assessments. 

TMI brings a diverse range of experts to the team, as their knowledge and experience is drawn upon in diverse fields, ranging from industrial and packaging design to computer science, neuroscience, art, philosophy, fashion and psychology, just to name a few. We are committed to ensuring that our team remains at the cutting edge of innovation trends globally to offer our clients the very best advice and to protect their intellectual property in all of its facets.