Through INPI Resolution P-063/2026, the Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has introduced a structural modification to the notification regime applicable to proceedings before the Argentine Trademark Office. As of March 1, 2026, electronic notification to the user’s electronic address becomes the central mechanism of the system and replaces notifications previously made through publication in the Trademark Gazette.
Acts to Be Notified to the User’s Electronic Address
As from the entry into force of Resolution INPI P-063/2026, office actions, procedural transfers, decisions on motions for reconsideration and hierarchical appeals, illegitimacy claims, and other interlocutory acts will be notified exclusively through the user’s electronic address within the INPI online portal.
Final decisions issued by the Argentine Trademark Office, including those declaring the failure to maintain an opposition, will continue to be notified through their publication in the Trademark Gazette. In such cases, the relevant deadline will be calculated from the day following the official publication.
In all cases, deadlines will begin to run on the day following the electronic notification or, as applicable, the publication in the Trademark Gazette.
Elimination of the Automatic Suspension Period
Accordingly, one of the most significant aspects of the reform is the elimination of the thirty (30)-day suspension period provided for in Article 5 of Annex I to INPI Resolution P-123/2019. Under that regime—adopted in a context in which electronic and paper-based files coexisted—deadlines began to run only after thirty days had elapsed from publication in the Trademark Gazette.
As of March 1, 2026, deadlines will be calculated from the day following the electronic notification or, as applicable, the publication in the Trademark Gazette, thereby expediting procedural timelines in line with INPI’s recent reforms.
Intervention Filings and Electronic Domicile Management
Given that the user’s electronic address now serves as the primary notification channel, the Resolution places particular emphasis on the proper establishment and updating of the legal electronic address. Intervention filings and any modification of the domicile must be carried out exclusively through the INPI online portal.
Within the broader framework of INPI’s full digitalization process and recent reforms to trademark proceedings, this new electronic notification regime further consolidates a more agile and efficient system.
However, shorter deadlines and the elimination of intermediate procedural stages require continuous monitoring of the electronic domicile and active management of trademark portfolios.
Obtaining specialized legal advice is essential to adapting trademark strategies to this new regulatory landscape and minimizing procedural risks. If you need trademark assistance in Argentina, please contact us at info@lermanszlak.com.
