RE: [gnso-udrp-dt] Recommendations from WIPO on Speakers
Dear All, Attached is a spreadsheet with the recommended speakers for our call which is to begin shortly. Best Regards, Margie _______ Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN ________ From: Margie Milam Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:17 AM To: 'Tim Ruiz'; gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [gnso-udrp-dt] Recommendations from WIPO on Speakers Hi Tim- I am working on it now--- will send it around as soon as I finish. Best Regards, Margie From: owner-gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:16 AM To: gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [gnso-udrp-dt] Recommendations from WIPO on Speakers Margie, Could you publish an updated list of the recommendations now? I know it isn't final, but would be helpful to see a comprehensive list again. Thanks, Tim > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gnso-udrp-dt] Recommendations from WIPO on Speakers > From: Margie Milam > Date: Fri, April 29, 2011 9:06 am > To: "gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx>" > > Dear All, > > I just received WIPO’s response to my inquiry. Please note that they took a > different approach in making recommendations (focusing on quality rather than > quantity) as reflected in the excerpts below from their response. > > Best Regards, > Margie > ___________ > > WIPO believes in quality of information and approach. The success of the > UDRP is all about substantive expert understanding. At the 10-May-2011 > webinar, WIPO will make a number of observations on the envisaged process and > on the UDRP more generally. > > On that basis, and for present purposes, we are pleased to submit as the WIPO > Center’s UDRP panelist recommendations, David Bernstein and Tony Willoughby. > Mr. Bernstein and Mr. Willoughby are among the most respected and appointed > of WIPO’s 450 UDRP panelists. With hundreds of WIPO UDRP decisions between > them, each has authored an extensive body of carefully reasoned UDRP > jurisprudence (whereby their recorded transfer rate incidentally ranks among > the most conservative). Mr. Bernstein and Mr. Willoughby have for many years > been core faculty members for the annual WIPO Advanced Domain Name Workshop, > and have heard there a wide range of views from counsel and filing parties > (both complainants and respondents, in-house and outside). They are > eminently qualified to speak on any number of UDRP topics. > > Both as an Attorney and Complainant, we would recommend Aimee Gessner, of > BMW. Ms. Gessner is an Attorney-at-Law (New York, USA), and Solicitor > (England and Wales), and serves as legal counsel for BMW, a brand owner that > has filed numerous UDRP disputes with the WIPO Center over many years. Ms. > Gessner has also served as faculty for the WIPO Advanced Domain Name > Workshop, and has extensive experience with the UDRP, and of its value and > operation from those perspectives, and would be well-qualified to speak with > authority on the subject. > > We also understand that Paul McGrady and John Berryhill have been put forward > by others as possible speakers. For the WIPO Center’s part, we can confirm > that both have made numerous appearances as outside counsel in many WIPO UDRP > cases, and have demonstrated experience and substantive knowledge of the > UDRP. While they each will have their own vantage point, we believe both > would be competent to speak on the subject from their relevant practitioner > perspectives. > > > Attachment:
Webinar Speaker Recommendations.xls
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