Argentina’s current trademark regulations are mainly based on the Trademarks and Signs Law promulgated on December 26, 1980. The National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina is responsible for the unified management of intellectual property affairs, and its official language is Spanish. The exclusive right to use a trademark must be obtained through registration. Trademark registration is not compulsory, but in order to protect the trademark or renew it, it must be registered in accordance with the law. Trademark registration in Argentina adopts the "first to file" principle, but in some cases, trademark rights can also be claimed on "first to use" basis.

Argentina is a party to international intellectual property treaties such as the TRIPs Agreement, the Paris Convention, the Nice Agreement, the WIP0 Convention and the Nairobi Treaty. It has not yet joined the Madrid Agreement or the Treaty of Nairobi. Madrid Protocol", therefore trademark registration can only be handled through "single country registration".