Trademark Registration Argentina
Comprehensive legal services and advice for companies in Argentina
Lawyers and Industrial Property Agents
Lawyers and Industrial Property Agents
Lawyers and Agents registered with INPI Argentina, with extensive professional experience in trademark registration
If the trademark application is rejected, we will file a second application, thus guaranteeing the fees paid. (This guarantee does not apply if we do not prepare a feasibility report - Official rates not applicable*)
Urgent trademark filing in 12-24 business hours. International priority applications for Argentina, at no additional fee
Complete the form to start your trademark application
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Suggested for filing a trademark application
The feasibility report determines the viability and feasibility of registering a trademark, minimizing the risks of oppositions or objections in the grant examination
This report is prepared prior to the filing of the trademark application.
Between 12 and 24 business hours after registration feasibility is approved
The trademark application will be drafted for submission, logos will be evaluated if applicable, and the authorization documents signed by the applicant must be obtained.
Once payment for the service has been verified, your brand will be presented.
If the application meets the requirements, it will be submitted.
WWithin the next seven days, you will receive the application documents, payment receipts, and electronic invoice in your email.
The trademark application process will go through several stages from its admission, opposition period, substantive examination and granting; this entire administrative process takes 12 to 18 months.
A Power of Attorney in favor of our lawyers is required to initiate the process; please send a scanned copy beforehand. For residents outside of Argentina, a Power of Attorney legalized by the Argentine consulate in the country of residence or an Apostille is required, if applicable.
Once the application has been submitted in your country, there will be a 6-month international priority period before it can be submitted in Argentina.
For trademarks seeking priority in Argentina under the Paris Convention, the document issued abroad must be translated into Spanish if applicable; the translation cost is not included in the quoted prices and will be quoted on a case-by-case basis.
Apply for your trademark in Argentina, completing the data requested in the registration form and paying for the contracted service.
PHYSICAL PERSON COMPANIESAnalyze the feasibility and availability of registration, minimizing the risk of objections or observations in the granting examination.
Once the payment is received within 12 to 24 business hours, the trademark application will be submitted. (You must have the documentation signed by the owner).
The file will be prepared for submission, adapting the application to the products and/or services of use.
a) the names, words and signs that constitute the necessary or habitual designation of the product or service to distinguish, or that are described of its nature, function, qualities or other characteristics; b) the names, words, signs and advertising phrases that have come into general use before your application for registration; c) the shape given to the products; d) the natural or intrinsic color of the products or a single color applied to them.
Trademarks are governed by the Nice international classification. This classification has 45 classes that are divided into 34 product classes and 11 service classes. Our agents and lawyers will advise you according to the activity of your trademark in the market, in which classes you should protect your trademark in an optimal way.
Mixed marks (name and figure), denominative marks (which lack graphic identity), figurative marks (images without texts), three-dimensional marks, olfactory marks, sensory marks, sound marks.
If the trademark does not have a presence in Argentina and it is not an internationally well-known trademark, it may be requested, as long as it does not affect its graphic identity of the other existing trademark in the national or international market.
No, trademarks are applied for territorially, so an application in Argentine protects the trademark throughout the country.
It is not necessary to apply for a trademark, many projects need time once the availability of the trademark has been approved, to develop an identity, logo, isotype, figures, etc., so that the trademark application can be progressed . It is important to bear in mind that when you want to register the final logo, it cannot be added to a procedure that has already started and another trademark application must be submitted.
The administrative process of registering a trademark in Argentine, has an administrative transition from its presentation between 18 to 24 months, depending on whether the application has no observations or oppositions from third parties. A trademark is granted in Argentina for 10 years, renewable by demonstrating its use.
There is no problem, there can be several applicants for the same brand, so the percentage of ownership that corresponds to each one must be defined, thus informing in the application.
It is necessary to grant the agent or attorney, the authorization or Power of Attorney to ratify the management and representation in the file. For non-residents in Argentina, the Power of Attorney must be certified and/or legalized with the Apostille. If the Power of Attorney is written in another language, it must be translated into Spanish by a registered translator and legalized by the Argentinean Translators Association.
The most appropriate time to present the Power of Attorney and ratify the management is 30 days after the day of filing the trademark application.
It is registered for 10 years from the date of grant; to maintain the right, the trademark must have been used for the last five years and a sworn statement of use must have been submitted upon completion of the fifth year of its grant.
Yes, all trademarks registered in Argentina must submit a mid-term sworn statement upon reaching their fifth year of validity. This sworn statement is a requirement for the trademark to be registered and renewed after 10 years of registration. It is also important to note that failure to submit the sworn statement allows a third party with an interest in the trademark to request its cancellation due to lack of use.
Yes, it is possible to file for administrative annulment of a trademark improperly registered with the INPI Argentina, for infringement of the Trademark Law, article a) of Law 22362. If the annulment request is made for infringement in bad faith, the lawsuit must be filed before the federal courts of the Argentine Republic.