Brian . Beckham
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Brian Beckham is the Head of the Internet Dispute Resolution Section at WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center. Brian is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day management of WIPO's domain name services offered under the WIPO-initiated UDRP and related ccTLD policies. Supported by 25 international colleagues, WIPO's domain name dispute resolution services have covered some 3,000 cases annually in recent years. Brian also oversees WIPO's domain name-related policy activities, including representation at ICANN and industry meetings (e.g., INTA, MARQUES, ECTA). Brian also oversees WIPO's annual UDRP training workshop, panelists' meeting, and UDRP jurisprudential tools; most recently this includes a total overhaul of WIPO's overview of domain name jurisprudence: the “WIPO Overview 3.0”. Brian has been involved in WIPO's proposals to ICANN for trademark-based Rights Protection Mechanisms, including a domain name suspension mechanism, and a procedure directed at bad-actor registries. He led a WIPO team that successfully proposed an “eUDRP” for paperless domain name case pleadings to ICANN's Board. Prior to his current role, Brian was Head of Legal Policy at Valideus, a domain name and new gTLD consultancy, where he provided twenty ".brand" clients with new gTLD-related policy and strategic advice, including drafting ICANN-compliant new gTLD registry policies. At Valideus, Brian led a team that successfully negotiated with ICANN on specific Registry Agreement terms for “.brand” new gTLD applicants (ICANN's “Specification 13”), and was an active member of both the INTA Internet Committee, and ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC). Still licensed in Virginia, Brian began his legal career at Gammon & Grange covering a range of trademark prosecution and maintenance, and other client matters for national and international churches and non-profits.
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