What legal decisions should a startup make today to avoid problems tomorrow? How can it protect the value it is creating and prepare to scale and receive investment? These were some of the questions we addressed in “Legal for Startups: From Idea to Funding Round,” a session we shared with the entrepreneurs of JBIZ Tank 2026, Olami JBIZ’s incubation and investment program, together with our colleagues at Kaplan Abogados.
Through Provision No. 6/2026, published on October 13, 2026 in the Argentine Official Gazette, the Argentine Copyright Office (DNDA) regularized the authorization of DAC (Directores Cinematográficos Argentinos) to carry out the collective management of copyright in Argentina, within the framework of the new regulatory regime in force.
In July 2026, the Federal Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a decision by the Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) that had declared unfounded the opposition filed by Total Food S.A. against the registration of the design trademark "TOTAL FOOD ARGENTINA", applied for by Total Food S.R.L. for Class 42 (quality control services, chemical analysis, scientific research, technology consulting, and laboratory services).
In July 2026, the Federal Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals reversed, by majority, a decision of the Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) that had upheld the oppositions filed by YPF S.A. against the registration of the word mark trademark "IPFS", applied for by Protocol Labs, Inc. in Classes 9 and 42 (software, distributed data storage and computer services). The case brings two worlds into conflict: the energy industry and decentralized technology.
If your company is a licensee of a trademark, a patent, or the know-how of a foreign company, or receives technical assistance or consulting services from abroad, registering the agreement with the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) may allow you to reduce the tax burden on those payments. As of February 2, 2026, INPI Resolution No. 38/2026 is in effect, simplifying the registration process for these agreements.
In September 2026, the Federal Civil and Commercial Court upheld a ruling by the Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) that had found merit in the oppositions filed by the Asociación Civil de Estudios Superiores (ACES), the founder of “Universidad Austral”, against the applications for mixed trademarks filed by Editorial Planeta S.A. that incorporated the word "AUSTRAL" as a central word element.
El próximo 27 de noviembre a las 9:00 h, Celia Lerman, socia fundadora de Lerman & Szlak, participará en el taller de ASIPI Chile “Impacto de la inteligencia artificial en la dinámica contractual”.
We are pleased to highlight the participation of our partner, Gabriela Szlak, as a speaker at #AILAT26, Latin America's most relevant AI and business event, which brought together over 4,000 attendees.
The Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), declared ex officio the nullity of the granting of the mixed trademark “STRANGE BREWING” (Application No. 4128618, class 43). The administrative decision was adopted after detecting a serious and incurable defect in the proceeding: the agency granted the registration without having previously published the application in the Argentine Trademark Bulletin.
Law No. 25,326, enacted in 2000, established a penalty regime empowering the enforcement authority (currently, the Access to Public Information Agency, or “AAIP”) to impose various types of penalties, including suspensions, fines, and the closure or cancellation of non-compliant databases.
