Reminder: On March 30-31, 2006 the III International Arbitration Seminar organized by Demarest & Almeida (Brazil), Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal (Argentina) and Uría Menéndez (Spain) will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We recommend that you take note of the dates and make your reservations in advance since the spaces are limited. For more information please e-mail us on: seminarioarbitraje@marval.com.ar

In the “seed potatoes case” (please see “Seed Potatoes Case / Note on Judgment” in Marval News # 3, December 2001) Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal had obtained a welcome victory for the United Kingdom Government before the Argentine Court of Appeal on the basis of jurisdictional immunity of foreign governments, which resolved that all procedural acts which took place from the moment the first instance judge decided to pursue the matter in the UK Government’s default onwards (including the first instance judgement) were null.

On December 6, 2005 the Argentine Supreme Court upheld the sentence of the Court of Appeal by ruling that the appeal by the importers against the sentence given out by the Court of Appeal be rejected. The Court file will therefore be sent back to a first instance judge so that the British Embassy can be correctly notified and thus enter a proper legal defence in these proceedings.

Andrés Robledo gave a presentation on “Law frame of the electronic invoice” at the seminar organized by Herramientas Gerenciales on December 14, 2005. To see a copy of his presentation, please click [here].

Horacio García Prieto gave a presentation on "Tax incentives and disincentives for exports, industries and investment projects" at the Annual Conference "Corporate Fiscal Planning 2006" organized by Forum on December 6, 2005. To see a copy of his presentation, please click [here].

Miguel B. O’Farrell, a member of the List of Domain Name Panelists of the WIPO Arbitration and MediationCenter, has decided the case D2005-0956 “Escher-Grad Technologies, Inc. v. Tina Ujevica” <cobaltctp.com> and <eschergrad.com>. For a full text of this decision please see:http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2005/d2005-0956.html

V. Gustavo Parodi gave a presentation on "Effects of the Choice of Seat of Arbitration in International Arbitrations" at the "First Meeting on Domestic and International Alternative Dispute Resolution", sponsored by, among others, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Committee on Arbitration, held on December 1, 2005.

Gustavo P Giay was appointed member of the Anticounterfeiting & Enforcement Subcommittee for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for the period 2006-2007.

Mario A Carregal gave a presentation on “Trust and Bankruptcy” at the Trust Programme organized by Universidad Austral in the City of Mar del Plata on November 11, 2005. He was also a member of the panel on “Banking credit and insolvency proceedings” at the Symposium on Banking Law organized by FELABAN (Federación Latinoamericana de Bancos) on November 30, 2005.

Gustavo P Giay participated as speaker on the subject "Trademark Piracy in the Mercosur" at the IV International Seminar on Piracy held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on November 17-18, 2005