By María Luisa Santa María, Mariano Peruzzotti and Antonella Balbo. The Bill on the Promotion of Healthy Eating, also known as the “Front-of-Package Labelling Law” (the “Law”), was passed by the Argentine Congress. The Senate approved the Bill on October 29, 2020. Then, it was approved by the General Legislation, Public Health and Social Action, Consumer Protection, and Industry […]
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By Raquel Flanzbaum and Antonella Balbo. On October 14, 2021, the Inter-Institutional Council of Science and Technology (“CICyT” for its acronym in Spanish), issued Administrative Decisions No. 970/2021 and 973/2021, approving the Comprehensive Plan for the Strengthening of the Human Resources of the organizations that form it (“Plan”). We may recall that the National Science, Technology and Innovation […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Antonella Balbo. On October 19, 2021, the Secretariat of Domestic Trade has issued Resolution No. 1040/2021 (“the Resolution”), which approved the Guide on Good Business Practices on Gender and Diversity (“Guide”). The Guide establishes recommendations based on international agreements and on the local experience on how to advertise, establish conditions of care and dignified […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Antonella Balbo. We report the latest developments on consumer protection that have taken place during October 2021. (i) New provisions considered as abusive clauses in consumer contracts On October 1, 2021, Resolution No. 994/2021 (“Resolution 994/2021”) issued by the Secretariat of Domestic Trade (“SCI” for its acronym in Spanish) was published in the Official […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Josefina Piñeiro. Recently the National Registry of Persons (knowns as “Renaper” which stands for Registro Nacional de las Personas) suffered a security incident that could have compromised personal data of Argentine citizens according. The Renaper is a public agency within the structure of the Ministry of Inner Affairs in charge of keeping records […]
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By Juan Carlos Ojam and Antonella Balbo. We report the latest news concerning the viticulture industry that were recently published in the Official Gazette in Argentina. Authorized varieties for wine elaboration On September 10, 2021, Resolution 21/2021 (“Resolution 21”) of the National Institute of Viticulture (“NIV”) that unifies the authorized varieties for the elaboration of wine was published […]
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By Raquel Flanzbaum and Josefina Piñeiro. On October 12th, the Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity is commemorated in Argentina. It is a day of reflection on the intercultural dialogue that should exist in all areas of our society. We invite you to review the legal protection: The Argentine National Constitution recognizes “the ethnic and cultural […]
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By Rosario Mauro. This type of patent applications enables applicants to obtain, in an easy and economical way, a priority date in order to protect the novelty of an invention before public disclosure, without the need to meet other formal requirements imposed on regular patent applications. Provisional applications are especially useful when inventors need to […]
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By Magdalena Sáenz Lavalle. The Chilean Industrial Property Law has been recently modified due to the publication of Law 21,355. One of the most significant changes is the inclusion of the partial or total trademark cancellation action due to lack of use or genericide (generic trademark). According to this change, all trademarks registered in Latin American […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Valentina González Medina. On September 17, 2021, the Agency for Access to Public Information (“AAPI”), controlling authority of Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (“PDPL”), sanctioned Cencosud SA for violating the provisions of the data protection legal framework as a consequence of a security incident. The AAPI became aware of a data breach that […]
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