WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution

David BERNSTEIN, a national of the United States, is a partner with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, its Intellectual Property Practice Group, and its International Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Mr. Bernstein’s practice focuses on a wide range of intellectual property and unfair competition matters including Internet and domain name law, false advertising, trademark infringement and dilution, counterfeiting, copyright infringement, right of publicity law, misappropriation, trade secret law, and patent infringement.

Mr. Bernstein is past Counsel to the International Trademark Association (INTA), is an adjunct professor of law at New York University and George Washington University Law School, and was a former Co Chair of the Internet Law Subcommittee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association (ABA). Mr. Bernstein has been a WIPO Domain Name Panelist since 2000.

Mr. Bernstein received a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an A.B. from Princeton University.

Tony WILLOUGHBY, a national of the United Kingdom, is a freelance IP Consultant and Mediator, previously having been senior partner at Willoughby & Partners (now known as Rouse Legal) where he specialized in contentious and non-contentious intellectual property.

Mr. Willoughby has had the conduct of some patent infringement actions, but most of his work has been in the field of trade marks, passing off, copyright and confidential information. He has acted in many leading reported intellectual property cases and has been a WIPO Domain Name Panelist since 2000. He is also Chairman of Experts for Nominet UK.

Mr. Willoughby was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales, United Kingdom in 1970 and has mediation accreditation with WIPO and CIArb.