By passing law N° 19.808 on September 17, 2019, our country ratified the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks celebrated in 2006. Nevertheless, we are still on our way to adapt the current regulations in order to implement the latest changes in relation to trademark registration, cancellation actions, and license amendments.

For the purpose of keeping you informed, among the changes, it is worth mentioning -due to its great importance- that in the future it will be possible to divide trademarks related to goods and services in initial applications and divisional applications, either during the trademark process or if the trademark has been granted.

The applicant will have the possibility of dividing the trademark in two or more applications, and in doing so, of distributing among the latter the goods and/or services listed in the initial application.

The divisional applications will preserve the filing date of the initial application and the benefit of the right of priority, if any. This Treaty will not apply to collective marks, certification marks and guarantee marks.

Another important news is that the claimed goods and/or services will have to be listed in each new application, and it will not be possible to claim whole classes as it is done today. Maybe, this will be requested in future renewals of trademarks granted under the previous legislation.

We will inform you again and in detail once the regulation is passed.