First WIPO Internet Domain Name Process: Archive

The Management of Internet Names and Addresses:
Intellectual Property Issues

ANNEX I

Panel of Experts Appointed by WIPO

I. ROLE OF THE EXPERTS

The fifteen members of the panel of experts (and their alternates) listed below were appointed by WIPO for their professional expertise as well as the diverse viewpoints they bring from the business, Internet, public interest and trademark communities.

Each expert participated in the Process in his or her personal capacity, rather than as an advocate of any particular "constituency," although they expressed the diverse concerns of the various sectors with which they are most familiar. The role of the Panel is advisory, in that the experts assisted the WIPO Secretariat in refining the issues, as well as providing input and analysis of the responses and submissions received. The experts also assisted in conducting the regional consultations.

While WIPO has relied on the expertise and experience of the experts in preparing this Report, the Report is the responsibility of WIPO and it should not necessarily be implied that each expert subscribes to every recommendation contained in the Report.

II. MEMBERS

Name	Affiliation	Country
Harald ALVESTRAND	Area Director for Operations and Management, Internet Engineering Task Force	Norway
Santiago BUSTAMANTE	President, Asociacion Interamericana de Propiedad Industrial	Ecuador
Hisham EL SHERIF	Chairman, Regional Information Technology & Software Engineering Center	Egypt
Ken FOCKLER	Former Chair and President, Canadian Association of Internet Providers	Canada
Michael FROOMKIN	Professor, University of Miami School of Law	United States of America
Laina GREENE Alternate: Roger HICKS	Advisory Panel Member, Asia & Pacific Internet Association, Ltd. Chair, Asia Pacific Policy and Legal Forum Member Asia & Pacific Internet Association, Ltd.	Singapore New Zealand
Donald HEATH	President, Internet Society	United States of America
Ousmane KANE	Executive Director, African Regional Centre for Technology	Senegal
Frederick MOSTERT Alternate: Geert GLAS	President, International Trademark Association Chair, INTA Internet Sub-Committee	South Africa Belgium
Boudewijn NEDERKOORN	Chairman, RIPE CENTR	Netherlands
Kensuke NORICHIKA Alternate: Tsugizo KUBO	Executive Director, Software Information Center Co-Chair, Trademark Committee, Japan Intellectual Property Association	Japan Japan
Mark PARTRIDGE	Member, Board of Directors, American Intellectual Property Law Association	United States of America
Maryse PHILBERT	Director, Trademarks Department Synthélabo	France
Philip SBARBARO	Chief Litigation Counsel, Network Solutions, Inc.	United States of America
Oscar SZNAJDER Alternate: Oscar A. ROBLES GARAY	Member, Latin American & Caribbean Country Code Top-Level Domain Organization (LACTLD) Interim Chair, LACTLD	Argentina Mexico

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