A practice manual for maintaining Argentine trade mark registrations. Argentina is not a member of the Madrid system, so every case is a direct filing. Between renewals sits a mid-term declaration of use, due between the fifth and sixth anniversaries of registration. Missing it does not extinguish the right straight away, but charges accrue from that point and fall due all at once at renewal.
1. At a glance
- System type
- Ten-year renewal cycle plus a mid-term declaration of use
- Anchor date
- Date of grant (registration)
- Due date rule
- Tenth anniversary of the grant date
- Renewal window
- 6 months before expiry
- Grace period
- 6 months, with a surcharge
- Restoration
- None — refiling only
- Mid-term declaration
- Between the 5th and 6th anniversaries of registration
- If not filed
- Not an immediate lapse, but charges accrue each year
- At renewal
- A sworn statement of use over the preceding five years is required
- Risk level
- Caution
2. Anchor date and due-date calculation
The anchor is the date the right was granted, that is the registration date rather than the filing date, and renewal falls due on its tenth anniversary.
Worked example
For a registration granted 2023-03-10.
| Item | Formula | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-term declaration window | 5th to 6th anniversary of registration | 2028-03-10 to 2029-03-10 |
| Renewal window opens | Expiry − 6 months | 2032-09-10 |
| Renewal due | Grant + 10 years | 2033-03-10 |
| Grace ends | Due date + 6 months | 2033-09-10 |
| Next due date | Every 10 years thereafter | 2043-03-10 |
3. The mid-term declaration
- The filing window runs from the fifth anniversary of registration until the sixth.
- Non-filing is not an immediate cancellation, but charges accumulate annually thereafter.
- Renewal requires all outstanding declarations to be filed, so it has to be done eventually — filing on time is simply cheaper.
- This declaration runs on a clock separate from renewal and is never caught by a renewal reminder alone.
4. Renewal window and sworn statement
The renewal window opens six months before expiry. The request must be accompanied by a sworn statement that the mark was used during the five years preceding expiry, so in Argentina use is a precondition of renewal.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Window opens | 6 months before expiry |
| Required attachment | Sworn statement of use over the preceding five years |
| Grace period | 6 months after the due date, with a surcharge |
| If missed | The right lapses — no restoration |
5. Lapse and restoration
Once the renewal grace period passes the registration is gone and no procedure revives it; only refiling remains. Argentina is outside the Madrid system, so an international registration cannot substitute either.
6. Official fees
Argentine official fees are set in pesos and are revised frequently in line with inflation. A quotation given a few months earlier rarely still holds, so build in a step to recheck the current schedule immediately before payment. With exchange rates on top, a converted quotation goes stale faster still.
7. Management checklist
- The grant date, from which every deadline is calculated.
- Docket the fifth-to-sixth-anniversary window separately; because missing it is silent, nobody notices without a reminder.
- Prepare the sworn statement needed at renewal, which requires confirming actual use first.
- Every Argentine case is a direct filing; no international registration substitutes for it.
- Recheck the current fee schedule immediately before payment.
- There is no restoration, so do not plan around the grace period.
Sources, cut-off date and disclaimer
This manual is based on iphere's August 2026 survey of country-by-country overseas maintenance rules, together with values produced by the deadline engine that runs on those same rules. Official fees and deadline rules change by office notice, so please confirm against the official source and your local agent before any actual payment or filing.