By Josefina Piñeiro y Andrea Sanchez Vicentini. On September 20, 2021, the Argentine Consumer Protection and Arbitration Agency (in Spanish, Dirección Nacional de Defensa Del Consumidor y Arbitraje en Consumo, “Agency”) issued the provision DI – 2021-683-APN-DNDCYAC#MDP (hereinafter, “the Provision”) against Electrónica Megatone SA and CARSA SA and imposed a fine of ARS $ 2,000,000 […]
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By Rosario Mauro. As of December 1, 2022, Uruguay implemented the II Program of the Patent Prosecution (PPH) Pilot Program within the framework of the PROSUR Industrial Property Cooperation System, for a period of 5 years. The program allows applicants who have obtained a favorable patentability report in a PROSUR member country to benefit from […]
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By Abril Neiman y Josefina Piñeiro. On February 23, the National Executive Power (N.E.P.) regulated Law 27,553 on Electronic or Digital Prescriptions (hereinafter, “Law”)[1] establishing certain definitions and guidelines of interest. The purpose of the Law is to enable the prescription and sale of medicines, or other prescriptions, to be written and signed electronically or […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Josefina Piñeiro. Introduction On 30 June 2020, a bill was introduced in the Argentine Congress with the aim of regulating the activity of influencers who provide digital advertising services through their social networks. The bill was not discussed in Congress within the term of two years, so it lost parliamentary status. […]
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By Abril Neiman. In July 2022, Chamber No. III of the Federal Civil and Commercial Court ruled on the merits of the case “WESTROCK SHARED SERVICES LLC AGAINST WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL”, doing a final comparison between the trademarks at hand, exercising its review function of the administrative decision. Before we […]
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By Antonella Balbo. On 7 February 2023, Chamber 3 of the National Court of Appeals in Federal Civil and Commercial Matters confirmed the administrative decision of the Argentine Trademark Office (Ar TMO) by means of which it determined that the trademarks “CROSSFIT” and “ROSFIT” are not confusingly similar, in the case “Crossfit Inc. v. Gaspe […]
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By Belén Sorrentino. Copyrights are those that protect all artistic, literary or scientific creation. In order for the creation to be protected, a minimum of originality is required and the work should reflect the author’s creative effort, even if they are unfinished or unpublished. One of the ways in which copyright can be infringed is […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Josefina Piñeiro. The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (hereinafter “Convention”) is a Treaty created in 2001 and promoted by the Council of Europe. The aim of the instrument is to promote international cooperation and create a uniform legal framework between nations in order to deal with computer crime and criminal activity on […]
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By Belén Sorrentino and Sol Baudino. On December 23rd, the Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) issued Resolution 122/2022 by means of which the official fees for the services rendered as of 01/01/2023 were modified. Among the fees modifications, there is the inclusion of a fee for the number of items of the classifier listed in […]
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By Antonella Balbo and Sol Baudino. On January 12th, 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling by a jury that turns out to be crucially controversial for Fashion Law. Back in July 2021, Adidas filed a claim against the U.S. designer Thom Browne for using a confusingly similar […]
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By Julieta Pérez Espinosa. In the recent case “GENIVER SAS C/ PODIOS SRL S/ PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES (Cause No. 10768/2021/CA1), CCCF, Chamber I”, the Court of Appeals decided to extend the scope of the precautionary measure that ordered the cease of use of the plaintiff´s trademark in the sponsored links through Adwords or keywords in the most […]
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By Rosario Mauro. The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) recently published Ordinance no. 78, which implements phase IV of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project and Ordinance no. 79 which rules all the other ways of expediting prosecution in Brazil. The PPH program is effective as of January 1st , 2023 and will […]
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By Mateo Augusto Darget and Josefina Piñeiro. On 7 December 2022, the Secretariat of Public Innovation of the Chief of Cabinet issued Resolution 17/2022, which establishes the National Blockchain Committee and approves the National Guidelines on Blockchain. Committee The committee aims to reduce costs and increase the transparency and efficiency of public services through the […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Josefina Piñeiro. On December 1, 2022, Law No. 27,701 on the Budget of the National Administration for fiscal year 2023 (hereinafter, “Budget Law”) was approved. Article 119 of the Budget Law amended article 47 of the Consumer Protection Law (hereinafter, “CPL”). Thus, the amounts of the fines applicable for infringement of […]
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By Paula Galván. Just a few days after the Argentine national soccer team was crowned World Champion for the third time in Qatar, the local media rekindled the classic rivalry between stars Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi, but this time in relation to an apparent intellectual property dispute. Although the media referred to the existence […]
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