Extension Of Transfer Of Technology Agreements

The Federal Court confirmed that there is no need to register those subsequent documents which merely extend the term of validity of an agreement which has already been registered with the Argentine Trademarks Office, as long as they do not incorporate other technologies or other intellectual property rights.

In a recent decision from Division III of the Federal Court of Appeals in Administrative Matters, (in re: "Sodexho Pass S.A. c/EN-ÍNP I-Resol. 24/08 – Disp. 3/07 y 193/06", Case No. 7457/08) in which the obligation to register subsequent documents which merely extended the term of validity of an agreement which has already been registered with the Argentine Trademarks Office (INPI) was discussed, the Court held that it only required registration of new agreements or those documents which incorporate other technologies or the license of other intellectual property rights under the terms of the Transfer of Technology Law 22,426.