On August 20th, 2013, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the Resolution No. 107/2013 establishing new procedures for the acquirement of “Highly- Renowned” trademark status.

Herrero & Asociados will participate in ASIPI congress with representatives of our offices in Brazil, Mexico and Spain.

The enactment of legislation N° 4987/2013 by the Paraguayan President on July 10, 2013, symbolizes an important breakthrough in overcoming the inconveniences, disadvantages and bureaucracy involved in the process of legalizing of foreign documents. The approved legislation makes the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 an internal Paraguayan law, abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, commonly known as the Apostille Convention.

We wish to inform you that NIC.AR, the organism which is encharged of domain name administration in Argentina, has decided to implement a new registration system called “Punto.ar”.