1) Your Name: | Thomas Rickert |
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2) Stakeholder Group: | Not Applicable |
3) Constituency: | Not Applicable |
4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3): | |
5) Please identify your current employer(s): | I am co-owner and managing director of Schollmeyer & Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (i.e. law firm), Germany. |
6) Please identify your current position(s): | In addition to being managing director of Schollmeyer & Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, I am Director Names & Numbers with eco - Association of the German Internet Industry. In this capacity, I chair the eco Names & Numbers Forum (see: http://www.eco.de/namesnumbers). Since September 2013, I am Non-Executive Director with CentralNic Plc. However, I do not represent CentralNic at ICANN. |
7) Please identify the type(s) of work performed: | Our firm primarily advises on legal matters related to the Internet and IT, such as contract law, IPR, data protection law, and also provides local presence and trustee services. I focus on DNS-related legal issues, such as domain name disputes, providing legal advice to registrars and advising clients with respect to the new gTLD program (both active and defensive approaches). |
8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes): | Germany |
9) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN: | None. However, our firm holds a minority share in a potential new gTLD applicant. |
10) Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid? | Yes |
If the answer is “Yes,” please provide the name of the represented individual or entity. (If professional ethical obligations prevent you from disclosing this information, please enter "Private"): | Because of my position as Director Names & Numbers with eco Association of the German Internet Industry e.V. I may represent the interests of this organisation and its subsidiaries depending on the subject matter concerned. |
11) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions: | |
a) Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes? | No |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes: | |
b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member? | No |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s): | |
12) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable): | |
13) Additional Information (optional): | I have represented eco in the ISPCP, but will not exercise any voting rights there as I have been allocated to the CPH. |
14) Page last revised: | 20-Mar-2014 |
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