Dr Juan Fernando Córdoba Marentes

Lawyer from Universidad de La Sabana, holding a Doctor of Laws (Ph.D.) from Universidad Austral, Argentina, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from The University of Queensland, Australia. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Copyright Law from the University of Buenos Aires, as well as a postgraduate degree in Internet Law and Electronic Commerce. In addition, he is a specialist in Telecommunications Law.

Dr. Córdoba has served as President of the Colombian Copyright Law Center, Arbitrator at the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, and Associate Judge of the Constitutional Court of Colombia. For eight years, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Universidad de La Sabana. He currently serves as Vice President for Faculty and Research.

Juan F. Córdoba-Marentes, LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D. is the current Vicepresident for Faculty and Research  at Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia) and former Dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences at the same university. As an Associate Professor, he teaches “Introduction to Law” to first-year students and “Intellectual Property” and “Law and Literature” in both undergraduate and graduate programs. He is also Co-director of the Research Group on Private Law and Director of Research Training Group on Law and Literature. He is Director of CEDEPI (Center for Intellectual Property Studies)and Member of the Board of CECOLDA (Centro Colombiano del Derecho de Autor) —Colombian ALAI’s chapter. He is author of two books and editor of two collective works. He is also the author of several journal articles and book chapters on Intellectual Property and Legal Education.