Disruption and Development: How the Uneven Growth of Mexico has affected Intellectual Property in the Yucatan Peninsula

Abstract

Disruption and Development: How the Uneven Growth of Mexico has affected Intellectual Property in the Yucatan Peninsula by Sierra Sulema Sotelo Spring 2017.

The Yucatan Peninsula has historically been known as “A world apart” from the rest of Mexico, but given rapid globalization this is changing. It is imperative to understand the unique resources each country or region is capable of producing such as intellectual property in the form of patents, copyrights, and trademarks. For these reasons, this thesis focuses on the reasons behind Yucatan Peninsula’s lack of significant intellectual property creation through critical analysis of Mexico’s Foundational Factors, including, but not limited to, geography and foreign relations, and compilation of data, this thesis will display how the Yucatan Peninsula, by no fault of its own, has fallen behind its Western counterparts and is not utilizing intellectual property to its full potential. Countries cannot afford to lose the opportunity to create and own intellectual property and the Yucatan Peninsula has continually missed out on opportunities due to lack of knowledge on intellectual property and systematic neglect by its own government.