Difference between revisions of "Steve Metalitz"

From ICANNWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "{{People |portrait = |caricature = |country = |email = metalitz [at] iipa.com |website = |twitter = |facebook = |linkedin = }} '''Steve Metalitz''' ser...")
 
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{People
 
{{People
|portrait  =  
+
|portrait  = PortraitComing.jpg
|caricature =  
+
|caricature = CaricatureComing.jpg
|country    =  
+
|country    = USA
 
|email      = metalitz [at] iipa.com
 
|email      = metalitz [at] iipa.com
 
|website    =  
 
|website    =  
 
|twitter    =  
 
|twitter    =  
|facebook  =  
+
|facebook  = http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1504908342
|linkedin  =  
+
|linkedin  = http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-metalitz/12/809/41a
 +
|userbox    = {{Template:UBX-IPCON-C}}
 
}}
 
}}
'''Steve Metalitz''' serves as Senior Vice President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance ([[IIPA]]), a private sector coalition of seven U.S. trade associations which represent over 1,900 companies producing and distributing materials protected by copyright laws throughout the world. His primary duties with IIPA focus on issues of copyright protection in the digital and electronic commerce environments, including ratification and implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties, as well as legal developments in the Asia/Pacific region.  
+
'''Steve Metalitz''' is the Senior Vice President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance ([[IIPA]]),<ref>[http://www.msk.com/attorneys/Steven_Metalitz# MSK]</ref> a coalition of U.S. trade associations that represents over 1,900 companies producing and distributing materials protected by copyright laws throughout the world. At IIPA he focuses on protecting the copyright in electronic and print media and execution of the [[WIPO]] Internet laws. He has been counsel to IIPA since 1994.<ref>[http://www.iipa.com/html/Bio_Steven_Metalitz.html IIPA]</ref>
  
Metalitz is also a partner in the Washington, DC law firm of Smith & Metalitz LLP, specializing in intellectual property, privacy, e-commerce and information law and policy advocacy, primarily for clients in the publishing, recording, motion picture, software and e-commerce sectors.  As counsel to the Creative Incentive Coalition, he was instrumental in the drafting of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, and he has also served as counsel to the Copyright Coalition on Domain Names since its inception in 1999.
+
Steve is counsel to the Coalition for Online Accountability (COA). COA, and its predecessor organization, the Copyright Coalition on Domain Names (CCDN), have played an active role within ICANN since 1999.
  
He chairs the [[IPC]].
+
Metalitz is a partner at the Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp law firm. He specializes in intellectual property, privacy and e-commerce sectors. He is a member of the District of Columbia and South Carolina bars.<ref>[http://www.iipa.com/html/Bio_Steven_Metalitz.html IIPA]</ref>
  
[[Category:People]]
+
== Education ==
 +
He has degrees from the University of Chicago (A.B. with honors) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.).<ref>[http://www.iipa.com/html/Bio_Steven_Metalitz.html IIPA]</ref>
 +
 
 +
== Career History ==
 +
Steve has worked as counsel for the Creative Incentive Coalition and had a significant role in the development of the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] of 1998. Since its inception in 1999, he has also served as counsel to the Copyright Coalition on Domain Names.<ref>[http://www.iipa.com/html/Bio_Steven_Metalitz.html IIPA]</ref> He has represented virtually all copyright industry groups in each of the four Copyright Office rulemaking proceedings held pursuant to the DMCA since 2000.<ref>[http://www.itif.org/people/steven-j-metalitz ITIF]</ref>
 +
 
 +
Metalitz has served six terms as a President of the Intellectual Property Constituency of [[ICANN]]'s [[GNSO]]. <ref>[http://www.msk.com/attorneys/Steven_Metalitz# MSK]</ref>
 +
 
 +
He has been the General Counsel of the [[Information Industry Association|IIA]] and has held staff positions in the U.S Senate. As an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School and also abroad, Steve has lectured on copyright law and e-commerce.<ref>[http://www.itif.org/people/steven-j-metalitz ITIF]</ref>
 +
 
 +
== References ==
 +
{{reflist}}
 +
 
 +
[[Category:USA]]
 +
[[Category:IPC]]
 +
[[Category:Private Sector - General Business/Legal]]

Latest revision as of 18:35, 9 June 2021

PortraitComing.jpg
CaricatureComing.jpg
Country: USA
Email: metalitz [at] iipa.com
Facebook:
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
   Steve Metalitz
LinkedIn:
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
   Steve Metalitz
ICANNLogo.png Currently a member of the
GNSO's IP Constituency

Steve Metalitz is the Senior Vice President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA),[1] a coalition of U.S. trade associations that represents over 1,900 companies producing and distributing materials protected by copyright laws throughout the world. At IIPA he focuses on protecting the copyright in electronic and print media and execution of the WIPO Internet laws. He has been counsel to IIPA since 1994.[2]

Steve is counsel to the Coalition for Online Accountability (COA). COA, and its predecessor organization, the Copyright Coalition on Domain Names (CCDN), have played an active role within ICANN since 1999.

Metalitz is a partner at the Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp law firm. He specializes in intellectual property, privacy and e-commerce sectors. He is a member of the District of Columbia and South Carolina bars.[3]

Education

He has degrees from the University of Chicago (A.B. with honors) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.).[4]

Career History

Steve has worked as counsel for the Creative Incentive Coalition and had a significant role in the development of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Since its inception in 1999, he has also served as counsel to the Copyright Coalition on Domain Names.[5] He has represented virtually all copyright industry groups in each of the four Copyright Office rulemaking proceedings held pursuant to the DMCA since 2000.[6]

Metalitz has served six terms as a President of the Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN's GNSO. [7]

He has been the General Counsel of the IIA and has held staff positions in the U.S Senate. As an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School and also abroad, Steve has lectured on copyright law and e-commerce.[8]

References