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− | |email = konstantinos [at] komaitis.org | + | |affiliation=I* Organization |
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| + | '''Konstantinos Komaitis''' is the Director, Policy Development at the [[Internet Society]].<ref>https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/staff/konstantinos-komaitis</ref> |
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− | '''Konstantinos Komaitis''' is a Senior Lecturer of IT&T Law at the University of Strathclyde.<ref>[http://strath.academia.edu/KonstantinosKomaitis strath.academia.edu]</ref> He teaches about Internet law, trademarks, and domain names.
| + | Before joining the Internet Society in July 2012, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. He holds a PhD in Law. |
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− | Mr. Komaitis has been a member of [[ICANN]]'s [[NCUC]] since 2005; and he is the current chair of the constituency, with a tenure set for Jan. 2011 to Jan. 2012. He has also been involved in other special working groups and bodies; he was a member of the 2010 Special Trademark Issues Team, and the Cross Community Working Group. He is a member of [[ISOC]].<ref>[[ICANN 41]] Interview</ref>
| + | ==Industry Involvement== |
| + | Dr. Komaitis has been a member of [[ICANN]]'s [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] since 2005 and served as its chair from 2010 to 2012. He was a member of ICANN's Special Trademark Issues (STI) team, which drafted the recommendations for the rights protection mechanisms for new gTLDs, and is on the Policy Advisory Board of Directors for [[DotMobi]].<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/academic-cv.html Komaitis.org]</ref> |
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| + | He was formerly the chair of the Membership Committee of [[GigaNet]], an academic network interested in Internet governance, and continues to serve as a panelist for the Czech Arbitration Forum, which is the responsible legal body for all [[.eu]] domains involved in the [[UDRP]].<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/about-me.html Komaitis.org]</ref> |
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| + | ==Publications== |
| + | Dr. Komaitis is the author of the book, "The Current State of Domain Name Regulation: Domain Names as Second-Class Citizens in a Mark-Dominated World", a well-researched overview of the legal, institutional and ethical problems caused by the clash between domain names and trademarks.<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/my-book.html Komaitis.org]</ref> |
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| == References == | | == References == |
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