By María Luisa Santa María and Magdalena Sáenz Lavalle. As of January 1, 2021, resulting from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit), the EU trademarks have lost their validity in the United Kingdom. As a result, the inevitable question arises as to what happens to the trademark registrations which, up […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Valentina González Medina. The Agency for Access to Public Information (AAPI), controlling authority of Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 (PDPL), released on June 15, 2021, a list of recommendations aimed at protecting personal data when using different videocall platforms. The AAPI recommendations are the following: Read the conditions and privacy policies of […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Antonella Balbo. On May 31, 2021, Rule No. 357/2021 (“Rule”) of the National Directorate of Consumer Protection and Consumer Arbitration that extends the list of services that are compelled to implement the “Unsubscribe Button” was published in the Official Gazette. The Unsubscribe Button was established by Regulation No. 316/18 of the former […]
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By Juan Carlos Ojam and Antonella Balbo. We report the latest legal news related to the viticulture industry in Argentina: Minimum degrees of alcoholic content for 2021 Harvests On May 31, 2021, Resolution 7/2021 (“Resolution 7/21”) of the National Institute of Viticulture (“NIV”) was published in the Official Gazette. This new rule sets the minimum degrees of generic […]
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By Belen Recchini and Antonella Balbo. Recently, a Bill promoted by the Minister of Productive Development (hereinafter “the Bill”) has been presented to the National Congress, seeking to regulate the development of the Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Industry. The Bill aims to provide regulation on public and private investment throughout the production and supply […]
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By Paula Caraffa Morando. E-commerce has gained ground over traditional commerce, a trend that not only has no turning back but is being accelerated by the COVID 19 pandemic. Mercado Libre (“MELI”) is one of the platforms with the greatest penetration in e-commerce in Argentina and other countries within the region and, as such, it […]
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By Raquel Flanzbaum. In a recent resolution, dated April 21, 2021, the enlarged Sixth Chamber of the General Court of the European Union confirmed the decision of the lower court of the European Union Patent and Trademark Office (EUIPO), which had declared the registration of the European MONOPOLY trademark partially invalid, as it had been […]
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By María Luisa Santa María. Proof of use: A valuable guide by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office In March, 2021, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office issued its Informative Guide on Evidence of Use. These guidelines consist in a compilation of some principles already recognized by the Argentine courts, but also provide a systematized […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Valentina Gonzáles Medina. In this BeNews edition we comment on three news concerning privacy that took place during the last weeks: (i) a sanction imposed on a company for not responding to a request to delete personal data; (ii) the order to suspend the update of the privacy policies of WhatsApp; […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti, Juan Carlos Ojam and Santiago Durañona. On April 5, 2020, and after almost 11 years of litigation, the Supreme Court of Justice of the United States ruled in favor of Google LLC (“Google”) in a copyright infringement case brought by Oracle America, INC (“Oracle”). This ruling introduces very interesting issues regarding the […]
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