Category: Articles

By Raquel Flanzbaum. Gender tells a lot about how important D&I really is for an organization. Although it is not the only factor to consider (as ethnicity, age, culture, disability and sexual orientation are other tools of analysis), in these post-pandemic days it is useful to review the gender issue in organization and what changes, […]

By Antonella Balbo. The EUIPO’s Board of Appeal (BoA) is prompt to decide on the long-running legal dispute “Iceland v Iceland Foods Ltd”, between the country of Iceland and the British supermarket chain Iceland Foods, over the trademark, intellectual property rights, and use of the name “Iceland”, on two simultaneous word mark (R 1613/2019) and […]

By Mariano Peruzzotti. A new draft bill on personal data protection  (“Draft Bill”) was officially released on September 12, 2022, and individuals and organizations may submit their comments to the text until September 30. On August 2022, the Argentine Agency of Access to Public Information, supervisory authority of the Argentine Data Protection Law (“DPA”), has initiated […]

By Abril Neiman and Camila Sirianni. The Federal Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals confirmed the First Instance decision that declared the non-registrability of the descriptive trademark HEPATIC, and rejected the cancellation action on grounds of lack of use over the opponent’s trademark LORHEPATIC. After seven years, Chamber II of the Court of Appeals declared […]

By Andrea Sanchez Vicentini and Mateo Darget. The Chamber M of the Court of Appeals ordered the defendant to delete from all his devices the videos containing intimate material of the victim within 48 hours of notification. The plaintiff filed a complaint against her ex-partner at the Office of Domestic Violence (hereinafter “ODV”). There she […]

By Julieta Pérez Espinosa. In the recent case “Marketing Externo SA c. Telecom Personal SA s/ Damages” (File No. 23,837/2017) dated August 10, 2022, Chamber G of the National Court of Civil Appeals confirmed the sentence that admitted the claim for damages, for the unauthorized use of the song “Magic City” from “Tan Bionica” in an […]

By Delfina Sejas, Andrea Sanchez Vicentini and Mateo Darget. We are weeks away from the beginning of a new soccer World Cup, an event that draws the attention of millions of people around the world. Qatar 2022 will host the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup. On several occasions, companies develop advertising campaigns related […]