Hector Ariel Manoff
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| Country: | Buenos Aires Argentina |
| Email: | amanoff[at]vmf.com.ar |
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| LinkedIn: |  [hector-ariel-manoff Hector Ariel Manoff]
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Mr. Manoff is a partner at the law firm Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen. He deals with internet and intellectual property.[1] An interview with him is published in e-Commerce in 24 jurisdictions worldwide 2011 edition.[2]
Languages[edit | edit source]
He can speak Spanish, English and Portuguese.[3]
Education[edit | edit source]
He attended Universidad de Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1985 and got the degree of Industrial Property Agent Advocate.[4] After that he got his Master Degree in L.L.M. in Intellectual Property Law from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL USA in 1997.[5] He did two intensive courses on International Business Law from The John Marshall Law School and Chicago Board and Trade Technical management from Chicago Board and Trade. He did a postgraduate course in "Corporate Governance" from Universidad del CEMA in 2006.[6]
Practice Areas[edit | edit source]
Hector has a wide practicing area which includes Intellectual property law, Franchise law, computers and softwares, copyrights, media law, patents and ICANN.[7]
Current Positions[edit | edit source]
Mr. Manoff is currently working as head of the Intellectual Property Department at Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen. He joined this firm back in 1985. He is Legal advisor for CABASE (Chamber of data base owners and internet providers companies). He is Co-Chair of Board of Intellectual Property Journal of Ad-Hoc publishers Buenos Aires Argentina.[8]
Memberships[edit | edit source]
His memberships include:
- INTA Legal Services industry from 1996 to 2010
- ICANN IRT Legal Services industry 2009.[9]
- AIPPI-International Industrial Property Protection Association.
- Licensing Executive Society.
- 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.
- IPC constituency in ICANN.
- Copyright Society, LES-Licensing Executive Society and of Argentina Association of Industrial Property Agents (AAAPI).[11]
- Chairman of the Subcommittee on Trademark Dilution and notorious - Latin America and the Caribbean.
President of the Industrial Property Committee of the Association of Lawyers of Buenos Aires (AABA).
- 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.
Participations[edit | edit source]
Hector has participated in several meetings as a speaker. His participations include:
- He dealt with WHOIS information controversy and presented a report on September 13, 2007.[13]
- Industrial Property Commission was chaired by him on April 27, 2010.[14]
- He participated in HSTLD advisory group volunteers on December 23,2009 and February 11, 2010.[15] [16]
- As a speaker in the meeting held on July 27,2008 in Buenos Aires.[17]
- He attended ISOC-AR (Internet Society Argentina Chapter) meeting on September 13, 2007.[18]
- ICANN Public Meetings on November 12, 2001 in Marina del Rey, California.[19]
- Speaker at 2004 NYSBA (New York State Bar Association) Spring meeting, Santiago de Chile (IP in Latin America).
- Speaker at 126th INTA Annual Meeting, in Atlanta (Intellectual Property in Latin America) 2004.
- Speaker at 125th INTA Annual Meeting, in Amsterdam (Rights Derived from the Use of Unregistered Marks and Cancellation for Nonuse in South America) 2004 AIPLA.
- 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 (Translators Rights) 2003 “Domain Names and Trademarks.[20]
- He was a member of Implementation Recommendation Team IRT on March 23,2009.[21]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ lawyers
- ↑ kmw-adwokaci
- ↑ lawyers
- ↑ domain
- ↑ vmf
- ↑ lawyers
- ↑ domain
- ↑ lawyers
- ↑ adrforum
- ↑ vmf
- ↑ isoc
- ↑ marcasur
- ↑ [www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/hstld-volunteers-23dec09-en.pdf icann]
- ↑ [www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/hstld-volunteers-11feb10-en.pdf icann]
- ↑ int-bar
- ↑ isoc
- ↑ harvard
- ↑ adrforum
- ↑ icann