Ivan Vargas Chaves
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I. Vargas is a board member representing Colombia at ColorIURIS A.I.E.[1] 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.
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.[2] In addition to those professional memberships, I. Vargas was a frequent conferencist on intellectual property matters to a wide variety of professional audiences.
Vargas received his J.D. degree from the Rosario University's School of Law[3] and completed his postgraduate studies in Spain and Italy. 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.
His research interests include:
- Intellectual Property Liability concerns for ISP
- Intellectual Property Policies
- Online Piracy