The importance of joining the PCT and the Madrid System

It is serious that, decades having passed since the signing of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Argentina has not yet adhered to this norm. Especially considering that it is one of the most successful in terms of the internationalization of industrial rights.

Another important omission for the development of the Argentine intellectual property policy, as a State policy, is the lack of adherence to the Madrid System (Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol), which seeks to provide transnational protection of trademarks, and to which Argentina is not a party either.

On the map, we can see the few countries that have not yet approved the PCT. Source, WIPO

It would be highly favorable for the interests of those who register patents, to have access to the “international phase” of these, which, as it was said, has been forbidden for decades to those who register in Argentina. And also for those seeking greater protection for their trademarks.

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