How to Hire Your First Employee in Argentina: A Legal Guide for Small Businesses
Business Law for SMEs and Entrepreneurs Hiring your first employee changes your business: agreeing on a salary is no longer enough. You need to define the role, classify the relationship correctly, and complete registration before the person starts working. To hire your first employee in Argentina, you must register as an employer, correctly determine the...
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International trademark disputes: where can you be sued and which law applies?
Intellectual Property · Trademarks Your trademark crossed a border and a dispute arose. Where can you be sued, and which country’s law determines who is right? A practical guide to private international law as it applies to trademarks. The short answer is that the principle of territoriality governs cross-border trademark disputes. A trademark is valid...
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New INPI Trademark Opposition Rules: What Changed in 2026
Intellectual Property · Trademarks INPI Resolution 297/2026 concentrates deadlines and evidence: a trademark opposition in Argentina now requires a prompt response and a complete case from the very first filing. Argentina’s new trademark opposition rules simplify the proceeding, but make any oversight more costly: there is no longer a separate evidence-production stage, and both the...
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Inheriting Property in Argentina When the Deceased Lived Abroad
Estates & Property A relative died abroad and left an apartment, a house or a plot of land in Argentina. You live in Miami, Madrid or Milan. Here is where that estate is actually settled, which law governs it, and whether you need to get on a plane. Yes, the estate can be opened in...
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Can a Color Be a Trademark in Argentina? Distinctiveness Acquired Through Use
Intellectual Property & Trademarks Argentine law says a single color cannot be registered as a trademark. And yet Milka’s purple and Kodak’s yellow are protected marks. The answer lies in a rule that is routinely cited incorrectly, and that can rescue an application the trademark office has refused. Yes, a color or a shape can...
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How to Register a Trademark in Argentina: Step-by-Step Guide (INPI, Timelines and Costs)
Intellectual Property & Trademarks Registering a trademark in Argentina is a filing made before the INPI, structured in six steps. Here is what each one involves, where applications get stuck, and why an early mistake can cost you the mark altogether. To register a trademark in Argentina you file an application with the National Institute...
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Can you trademark a name with “AI” in it? The case OpenAI lost in Europe
Intellectual Property & Trademarks The General Court of the European Union refused to let OpenAI register its own name as a trademark. The reasoning applies just the same in Argentina: a name that describes what you do does not distinguish anything, and that is why it cannot be registered. You can call your product “something...
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SAS or SRL in 2026: which company type fits your business in Argentina
SMEs & Entrepreneurs Setting up a company in Argentina: the SAS gives you almost total freedom to tailor the bylaws; the SRL gives you a closed, predictable framework backed by decades of case law to lock in control among partners. In Córdoba, with the registry’s pre-approved templates, both are now equally fast to incorporate —...
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