By Mariano Peruzzotti and Valentina Gonzáles Medina. In this BeNews edition we comment on three news concerning privacy that took place during the last weeks: (i) a sanction imposed on a company for not responding to a request to delete personal data; (ii) the order to suspend the update of the privacy policies of WhatsApp; […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti, Juan Carlos Ojam and Santiago Durañona. On April 5, 2020, and after almost 11 years of litigation, the Supreme Court of Justice of the United States ruled in favor of Google LLC (“Google”) in a copyright infringement case brought by Oracle America, INC (“Oracle”). This ruling introduces very interesting issues regarding the […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Valentina Gonzáles Medina. This edition includes a brief comment about Communication “A” 7266 of the Central Bank of Argentina on guidelines for security incidents response and recovery, the creation of the Advisory Committee for the Development and Implementation of Secure Applications and the signature of an Agreement between the Legal and Technical […]
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By Belen Recchini. The Ministry of Health and the National Seeds Institute (INASE, by its initials in Spanish) issued Joint Resolution No. 5/2021 (“Resolution”) authorizing the registration of a national germplasm of Cannabis sativa L. for medicinal use under the National Register of Cultivars (RNC, by its initials in Spanish) and/or the National Register of […]
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By Juan Carlos Ojam and Antonella Balbo. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VITICULTURE We share below the latest legal news related to the viticulture industry in Argentina. Recognition of “Victoria” as a Geographical Indication On May 4, 2021, Resolution 5/2021 (“Resolution 5/2021”) of the National Institute of Viticulture (“NIV”) was published in the Official Gazette. This Resolution provides […]
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By Mariano Peruzzotti and Antonella Balbo. We provide below a brief report on the developments taken place during the last weeks on Fair Trade and Consumer Protection, namely: (i) the one stop shop scheme for consumers’ claims; (ii) labelling oversight; and (iii) the approval of the Code of Good Practices for Wholesale and Retail Distribution […]
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When a country approves a patent, it grants the owner an exclusive right of exploitation for a limited period (20 years in Argentina) for new and highly inventive developments. A great deal has been said about this monopoly and its supposedly disvalued implications to society as a result of the intellectual protection of COVID-19 vaccines. […]
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We congratulate Raquel Flanzbaum for her article “IP law in Latin America: an approach to gender equality in Argentina” for WIPR – World IP Review, which was published on the newsletters: WIPR Bulletin and WIPR’s Influential Women in IP. In this article, she explores how gender diversity is addressed in Argentina. We invite you to read it: https://bit.ly/2OWV3vu
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We share with you Mariano Peruzzotti’s latest article regarding the disclosure of information about individuals vaccinated against COVID-19, published by Diario La Ley. We encourage you to read it! https://lnkd.in/eMZJcRX
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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 […]
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