Buenos Aires, December 11 (NA) – The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) modified the trademark registration procedure to simplify the process and expedite registrations, as published today in the Official Gazette. Through Resolution 583/2025, accessed by the Argentine News Agency, the agency ordered to limit the examination of registration applications to absolute prohibitions or matters related to public order, leaving it to interested third parties to raise objections based on similarity with prior trademarks or other relative grounds. According to the considerations of the norm, the measure aims to prevent the Administration from generating 'artificial conflicts' through official observations based on private rights when their holders do not have a real interest in preventing the registration of a new sign. INPI justified the modification by stating that the registered trademark is a property right of a private nature, and therefore, it is its holder who must decide whether or not to exercise its defense against potential infringements, having for this the remedies provided by law, such as the right of opposition and nullity actions. The resolution establishes that, in the absence of observations for absolute reasons or public order, the National Trademarks Directorate will order the publication of the application for one day in the Trademarks Gazette, and upon the expiration of the thirty-day period without third-party oppositions, it will grant the registration. The new criterion aligns with the practices in force in the main comparative trademark systems, especially in the European Union, where offices limit their examination to absolute grounds.
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The modification of Article 1° of the norm will come into force upon its publication, while the new procedure of Article 2° will begin to be applied on March 1, 2026.
