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 […]

New opposition system in Argentina

On July 12, 2018, the Argentine PTO passed resolution P-183 , establishing a new opposition proceeding as to trademark applications in accordance with Law No. 27,444, resolution which brought about two substantial changes: