Writings and Drawings not registered? Don't worry.

What would happen if a person drew a simple logo (artistic work) in a plain stone, and did not proceed to register it at Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor? Could he/she could claim rights on that artistic work? The answer is yes…
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works recognized that the enjoyment and the exercise of intellectual rights shall not be subject to any formality and that protection be given by domestic law.
Article 5 of the National Law orders that all artistic work is protected from the time it is first produced, independent of the merit, destiny or form of expression.
If you are concerned about not having an artistic work registered, don’t worry. However, I truly recommend you proceed to register it so you have proof of the date of existence of your intellectual creation, to avoid a probatory weakness in case of a dispute of rights.
Finally, you need to know that the law regarding trademarks is different from that which protects author rights (artistic works). Trademarks have to be registered when created, and artistic works do not.

(Ramón Roberto Jaime Córdova is an intellectual property consultant. You can reach him at: roberto@patentes.com.mx.)