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'''Hector A. Manoff''' is a partner at the law firm Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen. He deals with Internet and [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]];<ref>[http://www.lawyers.com/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Hector-Ariel-Manoff-1143331-a.html lawyers]</ref> but has additional expertise in franchise law, computers and software, copyrights, media law, patents, domain names, and [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.lawyers.com/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Hector-Ariel-Manoff-1143331-a.html lawyers]</ref>

==Current Positions==
Mr. Manoff is currently working as head of the Intellectual Property Department at Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen. He joined this firm back in 1985. Hector is also the Legal Advisor for [[CABASE]]. He is Co-Chair of Board of Intellectual Property Journal of  Ad-Hoc publishers, Buenos Aires;<ref>[http://www.domain.adrforum.com/getresume.aspx?path=%5C%5CA1PFSMAX01%5CCompany%5CNAF%5CArb+Resumes%5CArb+Resumes+(M)%5CManoff%2C+Hector+Ariel+05.doc. domain]</ref>  and has acted as Chairman for various subcommittees. He is President of the Industrial Property Committee of the Association of Lawyers of Buenos Aires.

==Memberships==
* [[INTA]] Legal Services industry from 1996 to 2010
* [[ICANN]] [[IRT]] Legal Services industry 2009<ref>[http://ar.linkedin.com/pub/hector-ariel-manoff/4/390/38b linkedin]</ref>
* [[AIPPI]]-International Industrial Property Protection Association
* Argentine Transference of Technology Studies Association
* [[A.A.A.]]-Argentine Industrial Property Agents Association
* [[INTA]]-International Trademark Association
* [[ASIPI]]-Interamerican Industrial Property Association
* [[ABA]]-American Bar Association
* [[AIPLA]]-American Intellectual Property Law Association<ref>[http://www.lawyers.com/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Hector-Ariel-Manoff-1143331-a.html lawyers]</ref>
* [[IPC]] in ICANN
* Copyright Society, [[LES]]-Licensing Executive Society<ref>[http://www.domain.adrforum.com/getresume.aspx?path=%5C%5CA1PFSMAX01%5CCompany%5CNAF%5CArb+Resumes%5CArb+Resumes(M)%5CManoff%2C+Hector+Ariel+05.doc. adrforum]</ref>
* Argentine Chapter of [[ISOC]]
* Chamber Member Database and Online Services, [[CABASE]]
* Academic Advisor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Ad-Hoc Editores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Board of the Alumni Association of The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois<ref>[http://www.vmf.com.ar/site/cvs_amanoff.asp vmf]</ref>

==Participation==
Hector has participated in several meetings as a speaker. His participation includes:
* Chair, Industrial Property Commission, April 27, 2010.<ref>[http://www.marcasur.com/es/novedades_resultado.asp?id=1384 marcasur]</ref>
* [[HSTLD Advisory Group]] at [[ICANN]], 2009 & 2010.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/hstld-volunteers-23dec09-en.pdf icann]</ref> <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/hstld-volunteers-11feb10-en.pdf icann]</ref>
* Member, [[IRT|Implementation Recommendation Team]] at [[ICANN]], 2009.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-list-23mar09-en.pdf icann]</ref>
* Speaker at INTA the meeting held on July 27, 2008 in Buenos Aires.<ref>[http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/BA2008/binary/LOP_Preliminary.pdf int-bar]</ref>
* ISOC-Argentina meetings.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org.ar/proyectos/programaevento07.html isoc]</ref>
* WHOIS information controversy , an [[ISOC]] report on September 13, 2007.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org.ar/proyectos/Manoff.ppt isoc]</ref> 
* [[ICANN Meetings]], Marina del Rey, California, 2001.<ref>[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/mdr2001/archive/scribe-alsc-111201.html harvard]</ref>
* Speaker at NYSBA (New York State Bar Association) Spring Meeting, Santiago, Chile, [[Intellectual Property|IP]] in Latin America.
* Speaker at 126th [[INTA]] Annual Meeting, in Atlanta, [[Intellectual Property|IP]] in Latin America, 2004.
* Speaker at 125th [[INTA]] Annual Meeting, in Amsterdam, Rights Derived from the Use of Unregistered Marks and Cancellation for Non-use in South America, 2004.
* Speaker at Latin America Committee, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Argentina after the Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, 2004.
* Speaker at Buenos Aires Translator Bar Association Annual Meeting, "Domain Names and Trademarks", 2003.<ref>[http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/resumes/Manoff,%20Hector%20Ariel%2005.pdf adrforum]</ref>

==Education==
Hector attended Universidad de Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1985 to become an Industrial Property Agent Advocate.<ref>[http://ar.linkedin.com/pub/hector-ariel-manoff/4/390/38b linkedin]</ref> After that he received his Master Degree in L.L.M. in Intellectual Property Law from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, in 1997.<ref>[http://www.domain.adrforum.com/getresume.aspx?path=%5C%5CA1PFSMAX01%5CCompany%5CNAF%5CArb+Resumes%5CArb+Resumes+(M)%5CManoff%2C+Hector+Ariel+05.doc. domain]</ref> He completed two intensive courses on International Business Law from The John Marshall Law School and Chicago Board of Trade and Technical Management. He partook in a postgraduate course in "Corporate Governance" from the Universidad del CEMA in 2006.<ref>[http://www.vmf.com.ar/site/cvs_amanoff.asp vmf]</ref>

Mr. Manoff can speak Spanish, English and Portuguese.<ref>[http://www.lawyers.com/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Hector-Ariel-Manoff-1143331-a.html lawyers]</ref>

==References== 
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