Argentina
| TRADE MARK INFORMATION | |
| Classification | International, Nice 10th edition Single class Goods and services can be registered |
| Priority | Convention priority can be claimed |
| Renewal | 10 years from the filing date and every 10 years thereafter. No grace period |
| Use provisions | An application for renewal must be supported by a declaration of use within 5 years preceding the renewal date in relation to at least some of the goods for which the mark is registered, or its use as a trade name. Non-use of a mark for a period of 5 years from registration renders it open to an action for cancellation by third parties |
| PATENT INFORMATION | |
| Types of Patent |
Substantive, with or without priority claim. (Argentina is not yet a member of the PCT) |
| Priority | Convention priority can be claimed |
| Duration | 20 years from the filing date |
| Annuities | According to a resolution which came into force on 12 April 2004 and which supersedes all previous annuity payment regimes, annuities are now payable on each anniversary of the filing date of a patent application, beginning on the first anniversary that falls after the issuance of the notification of grant of the patent. Annuities may be paid late, within a 6 month grace period, but a surcharge will then also become due. |
| DESIGN INFORMATION | |
| Priority | Convention priority can be claimed |
| Duration | 15 years from the filing date |
| Renewal | Renewal fees are payable at 5-yearly intervals. A renewal must be applied for not less than 6 months but not more than 9 months before expiration of the running term |
Thu, 15/09/2016 - 15:41
The Argentinean PTO has recently announced that it will shortly put into place a new Resolution, for an "Internal PPH", by means of which applicants will be able to accelerate the examination of their applications by adapting the claim set of their Argentinean patent applications so as to conform with the claim set of any foreign equivalent granted patent that has undergone substantive examination. If the claim set of the Argentinean application has been amended so as to correspond with or be...
Mon, 01/09/2014 - 09:00
Further to our recently-posted article regarding the above matter, we write by way of an update to confirm that the cited Regulation was published on 29 August 2014 in the Official Gazette, and this notification sets a deadline of 28 November 2014, by which date applicants of all patent applications filed before 1 January 2013 and for which priority has been claimed are required to provide the Patent Office with information on the status of the earliest priority application.
Fri, 29/08/2014 - 09:00
On 15 August 2014, the Argentine Patent Office issued Resolution No. 187/2014. According to this Resolution, the owners of all patent applications filed before 1 January 2013, and which claimed priority from at least one foreign application, will need to provide the Patent Office with the status of the priority application. In the event that more than one priority is claimed, it will only be necessary to provide the status of the oldest application.
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