Legal Update 2023

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

By Abril Neiman. In July 2022, Chamber No. III of the Federal Civil and Commercial Court ruled on the merits of the case “WESTROCK SHARED SERVICES LLC AGAINST WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL”, doing a final comparison between the trademarks at hand, exercising its review function of the administrative decision. Before we […]

By Antonella Balbo. On 7 February 2023, Chamber 3 of the National Court of Appeals in Federal Civil and Commercial Matters confirmed the administrative decision of the Argentine Trademark Office (Ar TMO) by means of which it determined that the trademarks “CROSSFIT” and “ROSFIT” are not confusingly similar, in the case “Crossfit Inc. v. Gaspe […]

By Belén Sorrentino. Copyrights are those that protect all artistic, literary or scientific creation. In order for the creation to be protected, a minimum of originality is required and the work should reflect the author’s creative effort, even if they are unfinished or unpublished. One of the ways in which copyright can be infringed is […]

By Mariano Peruzzotti and Josefina Piñeiro. The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (hereinafter “Convention”) is a Treaty created in 2001 and promoted by the Council of Europe. The aim of the instrument is to promote international cooperation and create a uniform legal framework between nations in order to deal with computer crime and criminal activity on […]