By Alicia Bravo Alzamendi “If we give the machine a program that results in it doing something interesting that we had not anticipated, I would be inclined to say that the machine has caused something, rather than claiming that its behavior was implicit in the program, and therefore that originality lies entirely in us.” Alan […]
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By Paula Caraffa From March 2024, “Position trademarks” may be filed in Uruguay, among other non-traditional signs.2 This development was introduced by Resolution No. 18/2023, issued on December 11, 2023 by the National Institute of Industrial Property of Uruguay. The Resolution recognizes and regulates new types of non-traditional trademarks, including position trademarks, which are defined […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti, Candela Basilotta and Andrea Sánchez Vicentini On February 2 of 2024, Resolution 38/2024 (“Resolution”) of the Agency for Access to Public Information, the supervisory body of the Personal Data Protection Law (“AAPI”), was published in the Official Gazette. This Resolution modifies Provision 10/2015 of the previous National Directorate of Personal Data, which […]
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By Rosario Mauro We are pleased to inform you about significant changes taking place at the Brazilian Patent Office (BPTO) to expedite the study of patent applications. Changes in the criteria for the order of examining Patent Applications: Starting January 1, 2024, the BPTO will prioritize the examination of patent applications based on the date […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti, Candela Basilotta and Andrea Sanchez Vicentini On January 15, 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) concluded its review of 11 existing adequacy decisions, including Argentina and Uruguay. In its report, the Commission finds that personal data transferred from the European Union to Andorra, Argentina, Canada, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Israel, […]
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By Mariel Chichisola and Florencia Gutierrez On December 20 th, 2023, the UK Supreme Court ruled on the recognition of artificial intelligence (AI) as a patent inventor in the case of Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. At the center of the dispute was American innovator Stephen Thaler and his creation, an […]
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By Raquel Flanzbaum The article has two main parts: (i) a brief review of the new system of nullity and cancelation action of trademark registrations, introduced by Law 27.444; and (ii) a review of the latest administrative decisions on this matter, which provides a better understanding of the position and criterion currently being adopted by […]
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As from January 15, 2024, the fees corresponding to Internet domains procedures in Nic.ar have been modified, according to Resolution 5/2024 of the Legal and Technical Secretary published in the Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic. The increases are intended to keep the infrastructure necessary for the operation of the DNS in the country and the […]
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By Julieta Pérez Espinosa What is a National Brand? In a world as globalized as the one we live in, the national brand was born as a need to create a country’s own identity in front of the world. Therefore, the national brand is more than a trademark, it is a strategy to capitalize on […]
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By Abril Neiman A bit of history The history of this date goes back to 1960 in the Dominican Republic, when the Mirabal sisters – three political activists – were murdered by the dictatorial government of that time. Two decades later, in 1981, in Bogotá, Colombia, the Latin American feminist movement called women to a […]
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