RE: [gnso-whois-wg] Statement of Interest -- Margie Milam

["Margie Milam" <Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of
MarkMonitor, Inc., an ICANN accredited registrar based in Boise Idaho,
and am responsible for MarkMonitor's ICANN policy initiatives.
MarkMonitor is the leading corporate domain registrar focusing primarily
on managing the large and complex global domain portfolios of
multinational corporations.  MarkMonitor provides additional value added
services to its corporate clientele, such as online brand protection and
fraud prevention services.  MarkMonitor is an active user of WHOIS
information for the purposes of (i) its registrar related business, (ii)
its brand protection reports as a service provider to entities seeking
to protect against online infringement, and (iii) its anti-phishing
services as a service provider to financial institutions and
governmental agencies in detecting phishing attacks, identifying the
fraudsters, and providing take down services.

My primary interest in working with this group is to provide information
regarding how WHOIS is legitimately used by service providers,
registrars and intellectual property interests, and to assist in the
development of policy that can accommodate these interests as well as
privacy concerns.  

MarkMonitor is a member of INTA, IACC, Anti-Phishing Working Group, and
LES.  I currently serve as MarkMonitor's representative on the ICANN
Registrar Constituency, and serve on the Internet Committee of IACC and
the INTA Services Committee. MarkMonitor is also a member of the
Intellectual Property Constituency.  I am also a frequent speaker on
intellectual property issues, and have coordinated and participated in
seminars on WHOIS related issues.  

Prior to joining MarkMonitor, I was a partner with the Los Angeles
global law firm, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman, representing many
international clients with respect to general corporate and intellectual
property issues.