INPI Argentina Resolution P-583/25
On December 9, 2025, INPI Resolution P-583/25 was published in the Official Bulletin, by which the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) introduced a relevant update to the trademark registration procedure.
Within this framework, the resolution establishes a new registration examination scheme that would be marked by modifying the following important points:
1. New scope of the official exam (Article 1)
The resolution provides that, from now on, the exam carried out by the National Directorate of Trademarks on applications for new trademarks will be limited exclusively to:
Absolute reasons for unregistration, in particular, those cases in which the sign lacks distinctiveness or results in incompatible with the essential function of the brand.
Cuestiones linked to the public order, which protect the general interests of the community.
However, the other reasons for denial, which the law provides in items b), d), h) when the proper name does not identify a famous person and i) of the 3rd article of Law 22.362 — are decisive conflicts with rights of third parties, similarities with previous brands or questions related to names or pseudonyms — will not be evaluated ex officio, only if a third party plants them through an opposition or nullity of registration.
This means that the National Directorate of Brands will no longer generate observations based on possible private conflicts, reserving this analysis only for those who have real interests in making it worthwhile.
2. Reordering of procedure steps (Article 2)
The regulations also modify the opportunity in which the registration and form examination will be carried out. Therefore, based on the result in the new regulations:
- The study of the form and background of the registration request will be carried out immediately after the registration of the request, before its publication and whenever the presentation meets the necessary conditions to be evaluated (Fully validated by TMClass, without priority and without representation in the role of business manager) as these reasons take time. immediate examination of the registration application.
- If the examinations do not arise observations, or if they are carried out unsubstantiated, the request will be approved by the technical area and published in the Bulletin of Trademarks will be ordered.
- Once the application is published and within the legal period of 30 calendar days, unless there are any oppositions, the trademark will be granted directly.
On the contrary, if oppositions are presented, it will continue in accordance with articles 15 and 16 of Law 22.362 and, to correspond, with the administrative procedure established by Resolution INPI P-183/18.
First of all, the exam will be carried out before publication and, in this way, the procedure will become more agile: it will only stop if there are absolute observations, of a public nature, if a third party formulates an opposition.
3. Temporal scope and immediate application (Article 3)
The 1st Article —is decided, the limitation of the exam to absolute and public reasons— comes into force immediately and will apply to all new brands that are currently in progress, regardless of the stage in which they are.
4. Entry into force of the new procedural order (Article 4)
The new stage scheme foreseen in Article 2 will begin to govern on March 1, 2026, since by that time it is expected that the computer modifications that this change requires will be listed.
With these changes made, the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, trademark resolutions in Argentina, which currently have an administrative delay for resolution and granting of 14 to 18 months, trademarks may be granted within 6 months of submitting the request whenever objections or observations are not obtained, an important advance in the region, compared to other Latin American countries, which has a more agile procedure for the concession of a brand.
