Gabriela Szlak And Celia Lerman Presented The ADC Report “Mercosur Electronic Trade Agreement: Challenges And Opportunities”

By Marta Z 4 October 2022

On September 28th, 2022, our partners Gabriela Szlak and Celia Lerman presented in an online event the Report published by ADC together with the Digital Trade Alliance: “Mercosur E‑Commerce Agreement: Challenges and Opportunities”. The report, which was also supported by Public Citizen, analyses the Agreement signed on April 29th, 2021, by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, the four MERCOSUR member countries.

New Developments in the Argentine Government’s Approach to Cryptoeconomics

By Marta Z 12 May 2022

April brought several changes in the way in which the different public agencies in Argentina assimilate the expansion and massification of crypto economy and blockchain technology, which have spread to different fields of daily life and branches of the market.

New Internet Domain Regulations in Argentina

By Marta Z 7 February 2022

As from January 12nd, a new Internet domain regulation is in force in Argentina, which among other things enables the registration of domains containing characters between 1 and 50 (previously this was not the case for top-level domains).

End of the road for the Labor Emergency Regime

By Marta Z 21 January 2022

The double severance indemnity established in 2019 and extended on multiple occasions, has an end date. Recently, the National Executive Power ordered the gradual reduction of the doubling of the items that correspond to workers in case of dismissal. In this post we tell you about the new scheme.

New Year’s Eve Luncheon at Lerman & Szlak

By Marta Z 15 December 2021

At Lerman & Szlak, we are closing the year with team evaluations and a nice gathering to recharge our batteries. On this day, we celebrated our achievements as a team and thought about our next challenges, aiming at always bringing the best quality standards and service to our clients. We are happy about this busy […]Continue reading

The importance of Legal Agreements in the field of Family Businesses: Brief comments on the ruling “Strella v. Strella”

By Marta Z 24 November 2021

The importance of Family Businesses in Argentina’s economy is indisputable. In fact, the international consulting firm Ernst & Young estimates that around 90% of the country’s small and medium enterprises are family-owned. Beyond the ups and downs of Argentina’s economy, Family Businesses face an additional challenge regarding the management of relationships between partners, which is […]Continue reading

Rules and Manual of Use of the trademark PAÍS ARGENTINA

By Marta Z 16 November 2021

Did you know that Argentina has its own trademark? This year, the official trademark of the Argentine Republic detailed herein was approved (“Argentina Country Brand” approved by Decree No. 460 of July 14, 2021) and the Rules and Manual for its use were recently issued (Resolution 60/2021 of the Secretariat for Tourism Promotion of the […]Continue reading

The Chamber of Deputies of the Nation approved the Front Labeling Law

By Marta Z 10 November 2021

The Chamber of Deputies approved the Front Labeling Law, which aims to warn on food packaging about the excess of components that may be harmful to health, such as sugars, sodium and saturated fats. The most important points are: The seals must appear in the form of black octagons, with white borders and capital letters, […]Continue reading

Is it possible to register trademarks with the term “Cannabis” or “Marijuana”?

By Marta Z 26 October 2021

In Argentina trademarks containing the terms or references to “cannabis”, “marijuana”, “CBD” or a “cannabis leaf image”, are registrable, especially for cannabis plant and its derivatives for medicinal goods — according to most recent modifications introduced by Law N° 27.350 and Regulation‑, but in the last few years, the Trademark Office has also allowed registrations […]Continue reading

Celia Lerman lectured on intellectual property for startups

By Marta Z 13 October 2021

On October 7th, Celia lectured on intellectual property for startups as part of the series of talks organized by the Mendoza Agency for Innovation, Science and Technology. In this opportunity, topics such as value and protection of trademarks, patents, copyrights, domain names and technology licenses, tips to consider, were addressed. Also, fundamental agreements for a […]Continue reading

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