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Law on Patents and Utility Models (Consolidated Text of Law No. 24.481 of March 30, 1995, approved by Decree No. 260/1996, as amended by Law No. 24.572/1995 and Law No. 25.859/2003), Argentina

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Year of Version 2004 Dates Consolidated: March 20, 1996 Published: September 20, 1995 Promulgated: May 23, 1995 Adopted: March 30, 1995 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Utility Models Notes This consolidated version of the Law on Patents and Utility Models, which was approved by the Decree No. 260 incorporates all amendments made by Laws No. 24.572 and No. 25.859 (see Articles 8, 83, 87 and 88 for the amendments made by Law No. 25.859).

Article 2 of the Civil Code stipulates: “Laws shall not be binding until after their publication, and as of the stated day. If no day is stated, they shall be binding eight days following their official publication.”
This Law was published in the Official Gazette on September 20, 1995 (B.O. 20/09/95), with no specific date of entry into force; based on Article 2 of the Civil Code it entered into force eight days after its publication.


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Spanish Ley sobre Patentes de Invención y Modelos de Utilidad (Texto Refundido de la Ley N° 24.481 de 30 de marzo de 1995 aprobado por el Decreto N° 260/1996, modificado por la Ley N° 24.572/1995 y la Ley Nº 25.859/2003) PDF HTML
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Law on Patents and Utility Models (Consolidated Text of Law No. 24.481 of May 23, 1995, as amended by Law No. 24.572 of September 28, 1995, approved by Decree No. 260 of March 20, 1996)(AR002)
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Law No. 24.481 of September 20, 1995 on Patents for Inventions and Utility Models (as amended up to Law No. 27.444 of June 18, 2018) (AR224)
Law No. 24.481 of March 30, 1995, on Patents and Utility Models (as amended up to Decree No. 27/2018 of January 10, 2018) (AR178)

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