Recent changes in patent and design applications

Recent changes in patent and design applications Dear colleagues, We address to you continuing with our communication dated January 2018 in which we informed that a presidential decree had introduced substantial changes in trademark, patent and design procedures in Argentina. In relation to patent and utility model applications, one of the most significant changes was that […]

Final deadline to file substantive examination in Argentina

Final deadline to file substantive examination in Argentina As you may recall, in January 2018, our Patents Office implemented some changes in patent prosecution by the issuance of a De-bureaucratization Decree which was then ratified by the Argentine Congress in a new Patents Law (No. 27,444).   In said Decree one of the most important procedural changes regarding […]

Obligation to declare use of trademarks in Argentina

Obligation to declare use of trademarks in Argentina We are pleased to inform you that the Executive Branch has eventually issued the regulatory decree of trademark law no. 22,362 and its modifications. This law and its regulatory decree both establish the obligation to file an affidavit stating for what products or services trademarks that have been […]