Ivan Vargas Chaves
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Internet and IT Law Contributions[edit | edit source]
I. Vargas has been member of the International Chamber of Commerce Subcommittee for Intellectual Property in Colombia as well as of the panel of experts on the Iberoamerican Observatory of Copyright. Furthermore, in 2011 he served as an expert of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia’s discussion committee for the ISP liability and intellectual property law project. He is also an advisory board member of the Legal Issues Journal of the Rosario University and the Colombian Journal of Tort Law.[1] In addition to those professional memberships, I. Vargas was a frequent conferencist on intellectual property matters to a wide variety of professional audiences.
Profile[edit | edit source]
I. Vargas is a board member representing Colombia at ColorIURIS A.I.E.[2] He received the J.D. degree from the Rosario University's School of Law [3] and completed his postgraduate studies in Europe at the universities of Venice Ca'Foscari, Castilla-La Mancha, Salamanca and State University of Navarra. His practice emphasizes intellectual property issues with a focus on ISP liability and copyright infringement. In addition, his business transactions practice includes IT law advice, technology transfer and other complex IP transactions.
ICANN Contributions[edit | edit source]
Vargas has been part of AGEIA DENSI activities in Colombia, Argentina and Spain through ColorIURIS A.I.E. AGEIA DENSI has been one of ICANN's At-Large Structures since 2005.
About AGEIA DENSI and ICANN[edit | edit source]
In December 2006, AGEIA DENSI participated in the establishment of the Latin America Caribbean Regional At-Large Organization (LACRALO) and is one of the At-Large Structures that signed the Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN. Its members are active participants in ICANN activities and some of them hold important positions in LACRALO, ALAC and the GNSO. In addition, some of its members are recipients of various scholarships related to the study of the Internet such as the Regional Preparatory Forums of IGF, School of the South Internet Governance and ICANN Fellowship Forum.