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By Diego Montangero. On March 11, 2021, Division 1 of the Federal Court of Appeals in Civil and Commercial Matters in the city of Buenos Aires confirmed the district court’s decision which declared grounded the opposition against trademark application for “FAMILIAS SABORIZADAS” (“FLAVORED FAMILIES”), filed by SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODIUTS NESTLÉ S.A. to distinguish “all the […]

By  Raquel Flanzbaum. On February 24, 2021, the Argentine Congress enacted Law No. 27,614 on the Financing of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation. The main points of the new law are the following: To increase, over a period of time, the percentage of the GDP allocated to science and technology; To advance […]

By Mariano Peruzzotti. Over the last months there have been several developments on privacy as we briefly described below: New Data Protection Authority’s inspection proceedings The Argentine Agency of Access to Public Information (“AAAPI”), controlling authority of Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326 and Do Not Call Registry Law No. 26,951 introduced changes to the […]

By Mariano Peruzzotti and Milena Badalamenti. On February 22, 2021, Resolution 151/2021 (“Resolution”) of the Secretariat of Domestic Trade was published in the Official Gazette. This Resolution updates the value of the Adjustable Unit (“AU”) used as the monetary coefficient that applies in cases of fines imposed by the Fair Trade regime. As provided in the […]

By María Luisa Santa María. On March 4, 2021, Resolution 08/2021 issued by the Legal and Technical Secretariat was published in the Official Gazette, unifying and updating the official fees for the registration, renewal and assignment of internet domains, and domain name dispute resolution before NIC Argentina. Domain Registration Renewal Transfer Dispute resolution .com.ar Pesos 270 […]

By Mariano Peruzzotti, Paula Caraffa Morando and Mateo Cozzi. On December 14, 2020, the regulation of the Supermarket Shelf Law No. 27.545 (“LG”, for its acronym in Spanish) enacted by the National Congress in 2020, was published in the Official Gazette. Decree No. 991/2020 (“Decree”) regulated aspects of the LG. The main purposes of the LG are […]

We share with you the article “Soccer and image rights: a photograph is worth a thousand words”, written by our partner Raquel Flanzbaum  and published by MARCASUR. We encourage you to read it! Soccer and image rights: a photograph is worth a thousand words The protection of the image of the human person is the subject […]

We are pleased to inform that Paula Caraffa Morando, head of our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team, participated for the third year in a row in the Enforcement Practice Guides of the International Trademark Association (INTA). This document provides INTA members with specific knowledge on judicial and prejudicial actions for a rapid resolution of intellectual property conflicts […]

In an interview with the International Trademark Association (INTA) Bulletin, our partner Juan Carlos Ojam explains how he maximizes his INTA membership. We invite you to read the interview where he talks about his experience as an INTA member since 1995: ”At each stage of my professional life, INTA was there and was a fundamental part of my growth”. […]

We are pleased to announce that our partner Mariano Peruzzotti spoke at #PrivSecGlobal March 2021, an international congress organized by PrivSec that took place on March 23 – 25th. Mariano hosted the session LATAM Data Privacy Roundup: Harmonising Compliance Across the Region.