Union européenne
Argentine
Marques de fabrique ou de commerce
10. Please confirm whether or not services are a protectable subject matter in your trademark law. Please confirm if signs, such as trade names, are protectable. Please describe if elements such as sound, perfumes and containers are protectable.
Articles 1, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the Trademark Law protect both goods and services, and any sign with distinctive capacity, including trade descriptions. To be eligible for registration under the Trademark Law, a sign does not have to be visually perceptible, which means that sound and olfactory marks may be registered inasmuch as they have distinctive capacity. Article 1 of the Law expressly specifies that containers shall be eligible for registration.