Region: Argentina

WTR’s Legal Updates are written by a select panel of over 160 leading experts who analyse the latest trademark-related developments and decisions in more than 60 jurisdictions.

28 July 2021

Until now, if a trademark owner sought a temporary assignment of a domain name containing its mark until a final decision was issued, the court usually ruled in its favour. However, in a recent case, a chamber of the Federal Court of Appeals has changed this practice.

24 June 2021

In a dispute over the use of the name Ricciardi for a jewellery store, the Federal Chamber of Appeals has ruled in favour of the heirs of Mr Luis Ricciardi, who owned a well-known Buenos Aires jewellery store.

10 February 2021

Renown is a powerful tool for trademark practitioners, but when seeking to establish and utilise it in Central and South America, local nuance is all important.

04 January 2021

Over the past few years, Argentina’s courts have developed a new practice for the assessment of the likelihood of confusion between two trademarks registered in the same class, as demonstrated by the recent decision in Assa Abloy AB v Alvarez.

18 November 2020

The court of appeal in Buenos Aires has confirmed the dismissal of a petition for a preliminary injunction filed by the son and daughter of former FIFA vice-president Julio H Grondona seeking to prevent Amazon Prime from streaming the series El Presidente.

16 October 2020

In our latest round-up, we look at outrage over a WWE order about names and likenesses, Bumble announcing plans to go public, how counterfeiting remains a problem on Taobao, and much more.

08 September 2020

The major financial crisis that resulted from the covid-19 pandemic has hit Argentina particularly hard. The number of trademark applications and renewals has decreased, and trademark conflict resolution has dropped to close to nothing. However, it is not all bad news. 

12 August 2020

In our latest round-up, we look at the Chinese government bringing live-streaming for IP services to Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok), a shipment of counterfeit belts being seized in Louisville, and much more.

07 August 2020

Argentina’s Trademark Office has issued its first decisions in opposition proceedings since amendments to trademark law and practice were introduced in early 2018.

01 June 2020