[gnso-vi-feb10]Scott Austin Statement of Interest

["Austin, Scott" <SAustin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Glen: Statement of Interest for Scott Austin
 
 
1.   Current vocation, employer and position

I am an attorney in private practice as a partner at Roetzel & Andress LPA, a 
250 lawyer firm with 5 offices in Florida, 5 in Ohio and an office in 
Washington, D. C. I work from the firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Columbus, 
Ohio offices. primarily in Intellectual Property litigation and Information 
Technology law. 

 

 

Type of work performed in 1 above

My daily responsibilities include handling ICANN-related issues, patent 
trademark and copyright disputes before the UDPTO, TTAB and federal courts. I 
also represent clients in computer law and Internet legal issues, including 
UDRP and ACPA claims, privacy and defamation, first amendment and online 
promotion issues. I have been in private practice for 26 years and also taught 
intellectual property law and corporate law at several law schools and am board 
certified in intellectual property law in Florida. I authored a column in the 
trade press on law and technology issues and have published both bar journal 
and law review articles on technology law.

 

Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest in 
registries, registrars or other firms that are interested parties in ICANN 
policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other 
arrangement. 

I have no financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest in  any 
current registry operator, registrar.  To the best of my knowledge, I have no 
ownership interest in any entity that currently has business before the GNSO or 
ICANN.

 

 

Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN policy development outcomes.  
Are you representing other parties?

My commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development outcomes is focused on 
their potential impacts on my client base of intellectual property owners, 
trademark holders, website developers, and application service providers and 
others whose business model relies heavily on doing business online.    

 

 

Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other group, 
constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or selection as an advisory 
group team member.

Member of INTA gTLD subcommittee of Internet Committee assigned to participate 
in Vertical Integration WG by Subcommittee Chair Fabricio Vayra.

 

 

Geographic Region associated with the nationality of volunteer (Africa, North 
America, Latin America/Caribbean, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Europe) 

North America.

 

Stakeholder Group(s) in which volunteer currently participates within the ICANN 
organization.

Intellectual Property Constituency.

  

Best regards,
Scott Austin

 
Scott R. Austin 
Roetzel & Andress, P.A. 
350 Las Olas Boulevard
Las Olas Centre II, Suite 1150
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Direct Phone No.: 954-759-2768 
Main Phone No: 954-462-4150
Fax No.: 954-462-4260
Email: saustin@xxxxxxxxx 
www.ralaw.com 
 

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you.





-----Original Message-----
From: Margie Milam [mailto:Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:37 PM
To: Austin, Scott
Subject: RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] Updated Wiki for Vertical Integration WG

Hi Scott,
It's good to have you participate.   The format for the Statement of Interest 
is as follows:

1. Current vocation, employer and position 2. Type of work performed in #1 
above 3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership 
interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested parties 
in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or 
other arrangement.
4. Identify any type of commercial or non-commercial interest in ICANN GNSO 
policy development processes and outcomes. Are you representing other parties? 
Describe any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, 
constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination/selection as a work team 
member. Describe any tangible or intangible benefit that you receive from 
participation in such processes. For example, if you are an academic or NGO and 
use your position to advance your ability to participate, this should be a part 
of the statement of interest, just as should employment by a contracted party, 
or a business relationship with a non- contracted party who has an interest in 
policy outcomes.


If you send me an email with these details, I'll forward to the email list.

Best Regards,

Margie

____________

Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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-----Original Message-----
From: Austin, Scott [mailto:SAustin@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:36 AM
To: Margie Milam
Subject: RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] Updated Wiki for Vertical Integration WG

Margie:

I am a member of the INTA gTLD subcommittee who was asked by Fabricio Vayra to 
serve on the VI Working Group after I volunteered. I don't know if I need to 
send around my CV to the members but I have seen some of that happening and 
wanted to be sure you had this information to meet the deadline.

I have been practicing 26 years in IP law and am board certified in IP law in 
Florida and also admitted in Ohio. I have also taught intellectual property law 
at several law schools and have a programming background. I have been on the 
DNS and domain name subcommittee of INTA for the past two years and now serve 
on INTA's gTLD committee. My firm bio is at 

http://www.ralaw.com/attorney.cfm?id=4874

Please let me know if this is sufficient to continue on the committee or if 
anything else is needed. Thank you.

Best regards,
Scott Austin



Scott R. Austin
Roetzel & Andress, P.A. 
350 East Las Olas Boulevard
Las Olas Centre II, Suite 1150
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Direct Phone No.: 954-759-2768
Main Phone No: 954-462-4150
Fax No.: 954-462-4260
Email: saustin@xxxxxxxxx
www.ralaw.com 


Both Scott R. Austin and Roetzel & Andress intend that this message be used 
exclusively by the addressee(s). This message may contain information that is 
privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 
Unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is strictly prohibited. If 
you have received this communication in error, please permanently dispose of 
the original message and notify Scott Austin immediately at 954.759.2768. Thank 
you.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margie Milam
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 2:34 PM
To: Gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gnso-vi-feb10] Updated Wiki for Vertical Integration WG


Dear All,

I have updated the WIKI for the VI Working Group with additional information to 
include the following:

        1. List of current volunteers 

        2. New Resource Page that includes many of the VI proposals submitted 
by the Community and Staff 

        3. Agenda for the first meeting

Please let me know if there are other proposals or documents that should be 
included on the Resource Page.  Also, please complete the Doodle for our first 
meeting by the close of business today.

Thanks,

Margie

____________
Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
____________


Wiki Link:  https://st.icann.org/vert-integration-pdp/index.cgi

Doodle:  http://www.doodle.com/ts9nv44fsfa2rc4i


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