European Trademarks after Brexit
The Brexit transition ended on December 31st, 2020 and impacted directly on the scope of European Community trademarks, which are granted for the territory of the European Union (EU).
International Data Privacy Day and Act No. 25,326 enforcement in Argentina
Every January 28 is celebrated the “International Data Privacy Day”, an initiative adopted by the Council of Europe and the European Commission, in commemoration of the execution of the Convention 108 “for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data”.
Inspection Procedure of the Argentine Data Privacy Office
On December 31, 2020, the Argentine Data Privacy Office -Agency for Access to Public Information- issued Resolution 322/2020 (“Resolution 322”) which repealed the inspection procedure foreseen by Disposition 55/2016 and approved the Inspection Guide and the Legal and Technical Guidelines for the Inspection Procedure on Data Privacy matters.
Resumption of deadlines of the procedures before the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Through Resolution 194/2020, the INPI ordered the resumption of the course of the deadlines of the procedures under its competence that were suspended by INPI Resolution N°16/20 and its successive extensions.
Argentina: Best privacy practices in email marketing campaigns – Article Published by Gabriela Szlak and Lucia Suyai Mendiberri in OneTrust’s Data Guidance
Gabriela Szlak and Lucia Suyai Mendiberri provide useful guidelines and describe best practices to carry out email marketing activities, in compliance of the Argentine data privacy legal framework, in their recent article published in OneTrust’s Data Guidance.
Gabriela Szlak successfully taught the course “Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Marketing and Digital Business” as Lecturer-in-Law at the Master’s degree in Strategic Management of Marketing and Digital Businesses, University of Buenos Aires
The Master aims to provide students with knowledge and skills to address business management and marketing under the digital paradigm.
Cancellation Button
The Secretariat of Interior Commerce of the Productive Development issued Resolution 424/2020 (hereinafter the “Resolution”) setting forth the obligation for e-commerce suppliers to publish a link called “Cancellation Button”, through which consumers may withdraw their purchase acceptance.
Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce
Mercosur Disposition 37 aims to harmonize the consumer protection legislation in electronic commerce within the MERCOSUR.
General Availability “.ar”
The Argentine Domain Registrar (“Nic.AR”) recently announced the opening of the general availability period for zone “.ar” on September 15 of this year.
Personal Data Protection Program – Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Celia Lerman and Gabriela Szlak, our partners and experts in Intellectual Property Law, New Technologies, and Startups at Lerman & Szlak, will be teaching at the Personal Data Protection Program of the Di Tella University (Buenos Aires, Argentina), offered within its Executive Legal Education courses.