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Practice Area Overview

Advertising law consists of the set of rules that regulates all forms of promotion, communication, recommendation, or action that advertisers use to target the public by any means suitable for the purpose of informing and motivating them to purchase or hire a good or service, as well as the sanctions and actions derived from possible infractions in these matters.

In Chile, there is not a single body of law that regulates this activity. Thus, advertising law is comprised of rules contained in various sources, such as: the Political Constitution of the Republic, the Law of Protection of the Rights of Consumers, Unfair Competition Law, Data Protection Act, Intellectual Property Law, Industrial Property Law, and special regulations such as those for tobacco, pharmaceuticals, food, alcohol, financial services, etc. 

In a competitive market, it is fundamental for businesses to make their products known to the public and to encourage their acquisition. In this informative and persuasive process, efforts should be made to obtain the greatest possible effect, while at the same time minimizing the legal risk that this may entail. Lawyers with knowledge in this area of law, composed as we have said by various legal frameworks, can reduce the aforementioned legal risk by evaluating the legality of affirmations upheld before the consumer public, the contents of packages and labels, the drafting of terms and conditions and the development of contests and promotions, and how to conduct comparative advertising or whether a particular campaign infringes third-party rights or not. Likewise, these lawyers can provide assistance in the event that an individual or supervisory body pursues the liability of customers as a result of an alleged infraction.  

Given that advertisers, advertising agencies, and the media are always on the lookout for new ways to attract consumers, lawyers who are engaged in this area of law must be aware of new trends and technologies that affect advertising activity and, of course, their legal implications. By way of example, practices have been established in recent years to which national legislation is not yet fully adapted, such as advertising through social media networks or behavioral targeting.   

Therefore, any company that regularly communicates with consumers in order to attract them must take into consideration the various rules that regulate advertising activity.

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El derecho publicitario está compuesto por el conjunto de normas que regula toda forma de promoción, comunicación, recomendación o acción que los avisadores dirigen al público por cualquier medio idóneo al efecto, para informarlo y motivarlo a adquirir o contratar un bien o servicio, así como las sanciones y acciones derivadas de eventuales infracciones en estas materias. 

En Chile no existe un sólo cuerpo normativo que discipline esta actividad. Así, componen el derecho publicitario, normas contenidas en diversas fuentes, tales como: La propia Constitución Política de la República; la Ley de Protección de los Derechos de los Consumidores; Ley de Competencia Desleal; Ley de Protección de Datos; Ley de Propiedad Intelectual; Ley de Propiedad Industrial; y, regulaciones especiales como las del tabaco, farmacéutica, de alimentos, alcoholes, servicios financieros, etc.

En un mercado competitivo, es fundamental para las empresas dar a conocer sus productos al público y motivar su adquisición. En este proceso informativo y persuasivo, debe procurarse obtener el mayor efecto posible, minimizando al mismo tiempo el riesgo legal que esto puede conllevar. Abogados con conocimientos en esta área del derecho, compuesta como hemos dicho por diversos cuerpos normativos,  permiten disminuir el mentado riesgo legal, evaluando la licitud de afirmaciones sostenidas ante el público consumidor; el contenido de empaques y etiquetas; la redacción de bases y desarrollo de concursos y promociones; la forma de realizar publicidad comparativa o si determinada campaña infringe derechos de terceros o no. Asimismo, estos abogados pueden brindar asistencia en caso de que algún particular u organismo fiscalizador persiga la responsabilidad de sus clientes como fruto de una supuesta infracción.

Dado que avisadores, agencias de publicidad y medios de comunicación siempre están en la búsqueda de nuevas formas de atraer a los consumidores, los abogados que se dedican a esta área del derecho deben estar al tanto de las nuevas tendencias y tecnologías que inciden en la actividad publicitaria y, por supuesto, de las implicancias legales de estas. A modo ejemplar, en los últimos años se han instaurado prácticas ante las cuales la legislación nacional todavía no se adapta completamente, tales como la publicidad por medio de redes sociales o la segmentación por comportamiento.

Por lo tanto, toda empresa que se comunique regularmente con los consumidores con el fin de atraerlos, debe tener en consideración las variadas normas que regulan la actividad publicitaria. 

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