Latin America
Practice Areas
Expert in industrial property, particularly in patent law; advises many national and foreign firms on regulatory, contractual and judicial issues on patents, trademarks, and industrial models and designs.
Career
Marval O'Farrell Mairal 1991 to date, partner since 1998. Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, foreign lawyer 1996.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Asociación Argentina de Agentes de la Propiedad Industrial, the Asociación Interamericana para la Protección de la Propiedad Industrial, the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI), the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the Buenos Aires Bar Association.
Publications
Has published a commentary on the Argentine patent law, several chapters on Argentine patent law in various books and many articles for specialist magazines.
Personal
Law Degree, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1991; LLM, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996; Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Guest Researcher, 2003/04; George Washington University, Guest Researcher, 2009/2010.