Iván Alfredo Poli joined Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal in 2008 as a partner. He specializes in Industrial Property and has litigated before the Federal Courts and has advised many national and foreign firms in this area.

He graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1973 and obtained a Master of Comparative Law (Foreign Practice) from The George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) in 1978. In 1981 he obtained his Ph.D. from the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

He has participated in several seminars on industrial property and has written various articles in national and foreign publications, as well as three books on subjects related to his area of specialty. 

He is currently a postgraduate Professor of Industrial Property (utility models and industrial designs) in the Universidad de Buenos Aires (since 1998) and the Universidad Austral (since 2008), and held the same position in the Universidad de Palermo (1998-2003). From 1989 to 2004 he taught “Legislation and Professional Practice” in the School of Architecture (for the career of Industrial Design).

At present he is a member of the Asociación Argentina de Agentes de la Propiedad Industrial, the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI) and the Colegio Público de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.