By Mariano Peruzzotti and Mateo Darget. Introduction The National Registry of Persons (“ReNaPer” as it stands for its acronym in Spanish) approved on January 4, 2022, through Rule 1/2022 its Personal Data Protection Policy (“Policy”). The purpose of the Policy is to safeguard and protect the right to privacy of individuals whose personal data is processed by […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti, Mateo Darget and Andrea Sanchez Vicentini. The Argentine Consumer Protection and Arbitration Agency (in Spanish, Dirección Nacional de Defensa del Consumidor y Arbitraje en Consumo, “Agency”) imposed a sanction to a worldwide leading online messaging service platforms for considering that it violated the terms of Consumer Protection Law No. 24,240 (“CPL”). The fine amounted […]
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By Rosario Mauro. The Argentine Patent Office published CIRCULAR No. 1/2021 which states that, in accordance with the provisions of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS/5), as of January 1st, 2022 sequence listings must be submitted in XML format according to WIPO Standard ST.26. Standard ST.25 will continue in force for applications filed before January 1st, […]
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By María Paula Giannetti and Josefina Piñeiro. On January 5, 2022, Resolution No. 2/22 was approved, which enables the possibility of registering from 1 (ONE) to 3 (THREE) characters under the “.ar” zone. NIC Argentina —National Internet Domain Registry Directorate— is a body dependent on the Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency of the […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti, and Mateo Darget. On December 14, 2021, the Civil and Commercial Court of San Isidro in the Province of Buenos Aires rejected a request for an abbreviated proceeding aimed at enforcing repayment of a loan agreement signed electronically. The ruling highlighted the need for a digital signature to ensure the authorship and integrity of […]
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By Juan Carlos Ojam and Antonella Balbo. On January 7, 2022, Resolution 26/2021 (“Resolution”), which was issued by the National Institute of Viticulture (“NIV”) on December 22, 2021, came into force after its publication in the Official Gazette. The Resolution provides for new labeling requirements applicable to domestic trade and exportation of wine products. The Resolution sets forth […]
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By María Luisa Santa María and Delfina Sejas. On November 4, 2021, Resolution 60/2021 of the Argentine Ministry of Tourism and Sports was published in the Official Gazette. This Resolution approves the “Regulation of the Argentine Country Brand” (the “Regulation”), along with the “Manual of Use of the Argentine Country Brand” (the “Manual”) and the “Argentine Country […]
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By Camila Sirianni and Julieta Perez Espinosa. Paulo Londra’s case highlights the importance of having legal advice before signing an agreement, in order to avoid copyright infringement to musicians -and all artists-, who, in general, due to their inexperience, agree on conditions that lead to damaging contracts, and then they are held hostage to what they […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Antonella Balbo On November 5, 2021, the Court of Appeals in Commercial matters of the City of Buenos Aires (“Court of Appeals”) ordered Almundo, an Argentine travel agency, to deliver the plane tickets in the same conditions as it was advertised as well as to pay a compensation of Argentine Pesos 250,000 as punitive […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Belen Sorrentino On November 11, 2021, Regulation No. 8/2021 of the National Directorate of Cybersecurity within the structure of the Argentine Chief of Cabinet was published in the Argentine Official Gazette. This regulation approves the introductory guidelines on security for the development of web applications (“Guidelines”). The regulation is aimed at […]
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