[gnso-udrp-dt] Additional Recommendations for Speakers to Consider

[Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,
In response to my inquiries this week for individuals with the most frequent 
UDRP related appearances,  I received the following information:
>From the NAF, the following names are submitted in addition to the other names 
>submitted earlier:
Complainant Counsel:
James Davis  (Arent Fox)
Molly Buck Richard or Jim Struthers (Richard Law Group)

Respondent Counsel:
Ari Goldberger

For Panelists:
Judge James Carmody

Response from the Czech Arbitration Court:

David Haarz as an outside counsel of Complainants
John Berryhill as an outside counsel of Respondents

With regard to the panelists with most appearances, they note that they do as 
much as possible to distribute cases equally so none of their panelists has 
significantly more appearances than the others. They recommend their panelist 
Matthew Harris to be contacted as possible speaker.

Response from the Registrar Stakeholder Group:

Statton Hammock, from Network Solutions.
In my inquiry, I requested a response by COB today to allow for the speaker 
list to be finalized  on tomorrow's call.   I'll forward any additional 
responses as I receive them today.
Best Regards,
Margie
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Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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Thanks, Mary.

What does everyone think about Cedric Manara 
(www.cedricmanara.com<http://www.cedricmanara.com>)?  He's an Associate 
Professor of Law at EDHEC; panelist to the Czech Arbitration Court (both for 
UDRP and ADR .eu Disputes), the Kuala-Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration, 
and an third-party Decider to the Belgian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration; 
and is or has been expert to intergovernmental, European or French 
institutions.  I don't know him, but he seems to have the academic and 
UDRP-related background we're looking for, and he's not American.



K

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Hi - that's a great question, Kristina. I don't think Eric writes specifically 
about the UDRP; he is, however, very well-versed in the Internet's technical 
jargon and cyberlaw generally, and has developed considerable expertise in many 
aspects relating to online trademark problems (e.g. keyword advertising, ACPA 
litigation).

This is his webpage: http://www.ericgoldman.org/index.html and here's a 2010 
blog post he wrote about a US case that raised ACPA, wildcarding and reverse 
domain name hijacking questions: 
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2010/11/wildcarding_sub.htm (he blogs 
about just about every online trademark case, it would appear!)

I'd say he's a good resource for siting the UDRP within a US trademark/legal 
context, and FWIW he's also a good speaker. I've no idea if he'd be willing to 
do the webinar, so I'm not necessarily pushing for him over others equally, or 
more, qualified for being more "UDRP-centric"!

Cheers
Mary

Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
Two White Street
Concord, NH 03301
USA
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Phone: 1-603-513-5143
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Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: 
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RE: [gnso-udrp-dt] Action Items From Today's UDRP-DT Call


Mary,

I'm not familiar with any of Eric Goldman's work on UDRP.  (I am familiar with 
his work on other issues).   Can you send some links around to some 
representative articles, etc.?

Thanks.

K
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Another academic who is familiar with the UDRP is Eric Goldman (Santa Clara). I 
know him quite well and can ask him informally if he'd be available and would 
like to participate.

It's true that neither Michaels F nor G have done much recent academic work on 
UDRP issues - Geist does track studies and updates though. I can also ask him 
if folks would like, although maybe I won't if we agree on asking Konstantinos 
and Eric.

Let me know,
Mary

Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
Two White Street
Concord, NH 03301
USA
Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mary.wong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Phone: 1-603-513-5143
Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php
Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: 
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RE: [gnso-udrp-dt] Action Items From Today's UDRP-DT Call

Margie, et. al.,

In socializing the names of the people we talked about inviting to speak I have 
come to think we should try to offer more breadth and less duplication of view.

In that vein, I would second Jeff Neuman's suggestion that Konstantinos 
Komaitis be invited.

Further, I think Jonathan Cohen should be added, too, perhaps in place of 
either Geist or Froomkin.

Cheers,

Berard
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Subject: [gnso-udrp-dt] Action Items From Today's UDRP-DT Call
From: Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx><http://Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx%3e>;
Date: Tue, April 26, 2011 1:27 pm
To: "gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx>" 
<gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx>>
Dear All,
Here is a brief summary of the action items arising from today's call related 
to the UDRP Webinar scheduled for May 10th:

 *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->I will reach out the UDRP providers 
to clarify my request for recommendations for speakers.  Specifically, the 
request  was intended to identify individuals  that quantitatively had the most 
appearances before the provider in each of the categories.   This clarification 
seeks to use objective rather than subjective metrics to identify speaks in 
each categories (panelists, respondents, complainants, etc.).

 *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->I will contact the Registrar 
Stakeholder Group to identify up to 3 individuals from registrars which 
implement the largest numbers of UDRP cases, from which one speaker would be 
selected that could speak on behalf of the registrar stakeholder group on 
issues that are of concern to the RrSG as a whole, and not reflective of only 
the views of his/her registrar.

 *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->With regard to selection of the 
speaker from the academic perspective,  the DT discussed Mary's recommendations 
of Michael Froomkin (Miami) and Michael Geist (Ottawa)-it was noted that these 
individuals may no longer be conducting research/analysis on the UDRP and that 
their publications on the topic may be dated.   The DT is seeking to confirm 
this assumption and/or identify other academics with recent work on the UDRP.  
[Mary- perhaps you can elaborate on your understanding of their recent work?]

 *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Since several providers were unable 
to provide recommendations by today's call due to the Easter holidays,  the DT 
deferred reviewing recommended speakers, and will finalize the list on Friday's 
call.  To date-  the following names have been received:
Hong Kong Arbitration Centre suggests:

 *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->UDRP panelists

    *   Mr. Christopher TO
    *   Mr. Anthony WU

 *   Attorneys

    *   Ms. Gabriela Kennedy  (Represents Complainants)

 *   National Arbitration Forum (NAF) suggests:

    *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Panelists:

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Sally Able

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->David Safran

    *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Complainants (outside counsel)

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Paul Mc Grady

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Andy Coombs

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->David Steele

    *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Complainants (inside counsel)

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Renee Reuter

    *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->Respondents (outside counsel)

       *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->John Berryhill

 *   <!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->The DT is considering including a 
representative from ICANN Compliance (Khalil Rasheed) to participate in the 
Webinar, to briefly share its experience of issues that arise with regard to 
implementation of the UDRP.
The next call is this Friday Apr 29 at 1500 UTC due to the need to send out 
invitations to speakers this week.
Best regards,
Margie
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Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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