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1) Your Name: | Charne Le Roux |
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Personal Profile Picture/Image (Optional): | |
2) Stakeholder Group: | Commercial |
3) Constituency: | Intellectual Property (IPC) |
4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3): | |
5) Please identify your current employer(s): | Adams & Adams |
6) Please identify your current position(s): | Partner |
7) Please identify the type(s) of work performed: | I am a partner in the Trade Mark Litigation and Prosecution Departments at Adams & Adams in Cape Town. I have 21 years experience in the prosecution and litigation of trade marks as well as advertising, domain name, copyright and competition law litigation. I have since 2003 acted as a domain name panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organisation and I am a senior domain name adjudicator of the SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law. |
8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes): | South Africa |
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 |
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"): | I am participating in the GNSO policy development process as a representative of the Intellectual Property Constituency, on a volunteer basis. |
| 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? | Yes |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes: | I advise clients in my practice on ICANN policy matters relating to brand protection, in respect of new gTLD applications and dispute resolution processes. |
b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member? | Yes |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s): | I confer with members of the Intellectual Property Constituency. |
12) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable): | None |
13) Additional Information (optional): | |
14) Page last revised: | 31-Mar-2016 |
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SOI Template v5 (6 Feb 2014)
