By Julieta Pérez Espinosa. On July 5, the new national palliative care law was passed in Argentina (Law No. 27,678). Its purpose is to ensure the patient access to comprehensive palliative care benefits in the public, private and social security spheres, and support for their families. With 218 affirmative votes and one negative, the Chamber […]
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By Josefina Piñeiro. In the case “Page Poma, E.N. c/ ALTOS LAS HORMIGAS S. AVIYC s/ cease of opposition to trademark registration”, Chamber II of the Civil and Commercial Federal Court analyzed the confusion of trademarks belonging to different classes of the international nomenclature. The plaintiff had requested the registration of the trademark “HORMIGA NEGRA” […]
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By Josefina Mortola. In the Case “SPEED PUBLICIDAD SACI C/ CISLAGHI, ADOLFO ALBERTO S/ APEL. ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION” (Case No. 1806/2021) dated March 10, 2022, Chamber I of the Civil and Commercial Federal Court of Appeals analyzed the introduction of new evidence during the filing of the Direct Appeal. The dispute began when Speed Publicidad Saci […]
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By Abril Neiman. On June 13, 2022, the National Chamber of Civil Appeals made a judgement in the case “C., A. v. E., A. O.” (object of the claim: damages), file No. 13119/2021/CA3, where the decision made by the judge in the first instance was confirmed. Said decision had rejected the request made by the plaintiff. […]
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By Belén Sorrentino and Camila Sirianni. The Federal Civil and Commercial Court upheld the decision of the lower court that ordered the cease of use of the trademark “PERLAS” and the compensation of the damages caused to the owner of the trademark “PERLAS DEL MAR” (Chamber II, “Despo Jorge Eduardo v. Agronor S.A. seeking the […]
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By Belen Recchini and Antonella Balbo. Last July 5, 2022, the National Seeds Institute (INASE, by its initials in Spanish) issued Resolution No. 260/2022 (Resolution) authorizing the legal purchase and sale of cannabis seeds for medicinal use in our country within the framework of Law Nº 27.350 on Medicinal Cannabis. According to this new regulation, […]
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By Rosario Mauro. As of July 1st, 2022 Argentina has begun implementing WIPO Standard ST.26, simultaneously with all Industrial Property Offices. The main purpose of this change is to provide a uniform format across all patent offices for better accessibility, classification and preservation of the information. The new standard will apply to all patent applications filed […]
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By Abril Neiman. It has been a long time since Latin America has started its journey towards the recognition of the LGTBIQ+ community rights. Nonetheless, there is still a long way to go. The most recent progress in the region took place in Chile, where the Congress passed Law 21,400[1] in December 2021, regulating the […]
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By Raquel Flanzbaum. In the expansion of the Madrid Union in Latin America, there are two milestones: first, the accession of the United States of America, where the Protocol entered into force in 2003[1], and secondly the adoption of Spanish as a working language, which came into force in 2004[2]. During the meeting held on […]
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By Fabiana Pettersen. The name of a project is the first step toward its own identity. The brand name makes the project unique. That is why at Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum we do not take the choice of a brand name lightly. As Jorge Otamendi states in Derecho de Marcas (Trademark Law), the essential function of […]
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