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WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

Audio files: Washington regional consultation

Auditorium, Department of Commerce
Washington D.C.
March 10, 1999

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OPENING SPEAKERS
(How to play)
TITLE ORGANIZATION DURATION
J. Beckwith Burr Associate Administrator (Acting) National Telecommunications & Information Administration
United States Government

0.5 min

Francis Gurry Assistant Director General World Intellectual Property Organization

4 mins

Christopher Gibson Head
Electronic Commerce Section
Office of Legal and Organization Affairs
World Intellectual Property Organization

3.5 mins

Francis Gurry Assistant Director General World Intellectual Property Organization

1 min

PRESENTATIONS TITLE ORGANIZATION DURATION
James Branson Counsel America Online, Inc. 10.5 mins

Interventions

18.5 mins
Michael Doughney ISP, Domain Name Owner (Representing Self) 9 mins

Interventions

15.5 mins
Michele Farber Senior Attorney AT&T Corp. 10.5 mins

Interventions

12 mins
Gregory Phillips Lawyer Outside Trademark Counsel for Porsche Cars 8.5 mins

Interventions

7.5 mins
Eric Menge Assistant Chief Advocate Office of Advocacy
U.S. Small Business Administration
9 mins

Interventions

6.5 mins
Griffith Price Chair
Trademark Law Committee
American Intellectual Property Law Association 14.5 mins

Interventions

0.5 mins
Michelena Hallie Vice President
Senior Counsel
Intellectual Property
Viacom Inc.
6 mins

Interventions

16.5 mins
Ellen Rony Co-author "The Domain Name Handbook" 15.5 mins

Interventions

24.5 mins
Representative Attorney International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) 7 mins

Interventions

5.5 mins
Milton Mueller Associate Professor Syracuse University School of Information Studies 13 mins

Interventions

5.5 mins
Susan Anthony Attorney International Trademark Association 11 mins

Interventions

4 mins
Kathryn Kleiman Co-Founder Domain Name Rights Coalition 15.5 mins

Interventions

3 mins
Tod Cohen Vice President & Counsel
New Technology
Motion Picture Association of America 5 mins

Interventions

1.5 mins
Sarah Deutsch Senior Intellectual Property Counsel Bell Atlantic 7 mins

Interventions

4 mins
Shari Steele

Director of Legal Services

Electronic Frontier Foundation 8 mins

Interventions

2 mins
Michael Sondow Chairman
Organizer
International Congress of Independant Internet Users (ICIIU) 5 mins

Interventions

0.5 min
Alan Davidson Staff Counsel Centre for Democracy and Technology 5.5 mins

Interventions

1.5 mins
CLOSING SESSION

TITLE

ORGANIZATION

DURATION

Francis Gurry

Assistant Director General World Intellectual Property Organization 6 mins

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