The Court of Administrative Litigation (TCA for its acronym in spanish) has ruled in favor of the Spanish company Telefónica (Movistar) due to a complaint filling against ANTEL, the State Telecommunication Company in Uruguay. ANTEL was forced to stop using a mobile phone frequency which has been used since 2005 in a non- legitimate way.

In a recent case, the Patent and Trademark Office (DNPI for its acronym in spanish) upheld the opposition presented by THE POLO/LAUREN COMPANY L.P (USA) against the SANTA MARIA POLO trademark registration in classes 3,14,18,25 and 41 due to the similarities found between this trademark which is property of POLOTEN TEXTIL S.A and POLO and POLO (et.) trademarks.

Uruguay is the country with the best climate for business in Latin America, after increasing its score from 7.0 to 7.5 in July, according to a study by Brazil's Getulio Vargas Foundation.