[gnso-udrp-dt] Short List for Final Approval by COB Today

[Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

Here is the final proposed list of speakers on today’s call.     Please respond 
by COB today if you have objections to this approach.   I plan to send 
invitations to these individuals on Monday morning.

Also, please respond to the Doodle for another call next week Monday or Tuesday 
to finalize format and final details for the Webinar.

Best Regards,

Margie
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Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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Speakers-
UDRP Providers (4) -  each will select their speaker

Panelists- (5)
David Bernstein,  Tony Willoughby, Mathew Harris
One to be selected by NAF from their recommended names (Carmody, Able or 
Saffron)
One to be selected by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) 
from their list (Wu, To or Yun)

Complainants/counsel (2)
Paul McGrady
Amy Gessner (BMW)

Respondents/Counsel (2)
John Berryhill
One to be selected from HKIAC’s list (Lai qi xing or Huhongliang / Gaolanfang)

Academics (2)
Konstantinos Komaitis
Cédric Manara, EDHEC

Registrar (1)
Statton Hammock,  Network Solutions

ICANN (1)
Khalil Rasheed
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From: Margie Milam
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:50 AM
To: 'gnso-udrp-dt@xxxxxxxxx'
Subject: 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

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Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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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.
>
>
>