By Antonella Balbo. Copyright law is essential for protecting creative works such as literary, artistic, and musical works. However, is copyright an option to protect functional shapes, when they can no longer be protected under industrial property law? When an invention complies with the requirements of novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability, providing a new […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti y Andrea Sanchez Vicentini In February of this year, the Argentine Agency for Access to Public Information (“AAIP”) published a new version of Argentina’s Personal Data Protection Bill (“Bill”). As we commented in a previous edition of the BeNews (see here), the AAIP announced last year that it began the process of […]
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By Abril Neiman Body stereotyping is a social problem that has serious consequences for people, everywhere. For this reason, various awareness programs try to reduce this generalized view of the human body in order to begin a process of acceptance. The law tries to combat this conflict through its legislative function, and thus in 2019 […]
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By Rosario Mauro The Brazilian National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) issued a new regulation regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for research scholars. Among other issues, the regulation defines rules for identifying and disclosing IPRs, and also clarifies ownership and cost-sharing arrangements for intellectual property generated by research projects funded by CNPq. ********* […]
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By Josefina Mortola y Sol Baudino As we all know, Mickey Mouse is the world’s most famous mouse and cartoon character. Not only that, but Mickey’s association with Disney is instantaneous, both for consumers and the general public. We all know that the famous mouse propelled Walt Disney and his company to great heights in […]
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By Sol Baudino and Paula Caraffa Morando Changes in the different areas of our society are happening abruptly, and the art and fashion industries are not immune to this wave of transformations. One of the latest developments is the use of Blockchain technology in the art and fashion world, which allows the authentication of works […]
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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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