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Celebrities’ behavior and its impact on trademarks

By Camila Sirianni and  Antonella Balbo. The influence of celebrities on consumer behavior is based on marketing strategies that are essential to companies. In this way, a brand is associated with the values or qualities of a celebrity. The purpose is to “humanize” the brand, linking the values represented by the celebrity with those that the […]

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New regulations on cybersecurity and IT matters

By Mariano Peruzzotti and Andrea Sanchez Vicentini. During February 2022 several regulations issued by the Ministry of Security and the Chief of Cabinet of Ministers, respectively concerning cybersecurity and IT-related matters were published in the Official Gazette. Below, we will briefly comment the main aspects of each regulation: Resolution 75/2022 – Ministry of Security On February 15, 2022, […]

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Well-known regional e-commerce platform faces a data breach

By Mariano Peruzzotti and Belen Sorrentino. In the past few days, one of the most important e-commerce platforms in Latin America suffered a security incident. This breach could have compromised the personal data of approximately 300,000 users. According to reports, the platform’s source code was subject to an unauthorized access. The company informed that according to an initial […]

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Argentina: the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has issued the first decisions on trademark cancellation and lapsing

By Raquel Flanzbaum. On December 29, 2021, the first administrative resolutions were published in the Trademark Bulletin, where the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI, after its name in Spanish) decided substantive issues related to the invalidity of trademark registrations.  The 2018 legal reform had entrusted the INPI with the cancellation of trademark registrations (invalidity and […]

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New director proposed for the Argentine Agency for Access to Public Information

By Mariano Peruzzotti and Mateo Darget. The Chief of Cabinet proposed a new candidate for the position of Director of the Agency for Access to Public Information (“Agency”), supervisory authority of the Personal Data Protection Law, the Do Not Call Law and the Access to Public Information Law.  The appointment of a new director is pending since […]

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The National Registry of Persons released its Personal Data Protection Policy

By Mariano Peruzzotti and Mateo Darget. Introduction The National Registry of Persons (“ReNaPer” as it stands for its acronym in Spanish) approved on January 4, 2022, through Rule 1/2022 its Personal Data Protection Policy (“Policy”). The purpose of the Policy is to safeguard and protect the right to privacy of individuals whose personal data is processed by […]

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An online messaging platform was sanctioned for infringing consumer protection rights

By Mariano Peruzzotti, Mateo Darget and Andrea Sanchez Vicentini. The Argentine Consumer Protection and Arbitration Agency (in Spanish, Dirección Nacional de Defensa del Consumidor y Arbitraje en Consumo, “Agency”) imposed a sanction to a worldwide leading online messaging service platforms for considering that it violated the terms of Consumer Protection Law No. 24,240 (“CPL”). The fine amounted […]

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Changes to sequence listing format as of January 1st, 2022

By Rosario Mauro. The Argentine Patent Office published CIRCULAR No. 1/2021 which states that, in accordance with the provisions of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS/5), as of January 1st, 2022 sequence listings must be submitted in XML format according to WIPO Standard ST.26. Standard ST.25 will continue in force for applications filed before January 1st, […]

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