Region: Uruguay

The Gillette Company LLC has obtained the registration of its ‘Prestobarba’ razor as a 3D trademark in Class 8, despite an appeal filed by a third party following the DNPI’s initial favourable decision. 

24 May 2024

Pursuant to Resolution No 18/23, it will be possible to register position, pattern, motion and multimedia marks from 1 March 2024.

20 February 2024

Featured in Border and customs protection around the world

We head to Uruguay and explore how to safeguard brands at the country's borders and entry points.

09 January 2024

The creator of the NATRICHE leather goods brand successfully relied on her industrial design registration for the Matera Unisex bag to stop the commercialisation of infringing products on social networks.

10 March 2023

WTR spoke to Uruguay-based IP firm Cervieri Monsuárez about its ongoing SCORE GREEN campaign - a national campaign to create and donate basketball backboards made from recycled counterfeit goods. 

16 January 2023

Featured in Physical marketplace counterfeit hotspots

In a major update from our series on marketplaces around the world that reportedly engage in the trade of counterfeit goods, we head to Uruguay.

09 December 2022

Following a five-year dispute, AA - which had acquired the rights in the AIWA mark from its original owner in all Latin American countries - obtained a final resolution recognising the notoriety of the mark in Uruguay.

26 October 2022

Following the discovery that a chain of hypermarkets was selling counterfeit footwear bearing its trademarks, Abercrombie & Fitch was successful in obtaining the withdrawal of the infringing products from the market.

26 May 2022

In the next instalment of our regular series identifying the digital marketplaces that brand owners should monitor as part of their global anti-counterfeiting efforts, we head to Uruguay.

25 April 2022

German sportswear manufacturer Puma SE has obtained the withdrawal from the market and destruction of sports shoes sold in a major Uruguayan footwear retail chain.

09 November 2021