14,952
edits
Changes
-Category:People; +Category:Private Sector - Domain Name Industry; +Category:RySG using HotCat
|country = USA
|country = USA
|email =
|email =
|website = [http://dmaher.org/ dmaher.org]
|website = http://dmaher.org/
|twitter =
|twitter =
|facebook =
|facebook =
|linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmaher David Maher]
|linkedin = http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmaher
|userbox = {{Template:UBX-RYSG-C}}{{Template:UBX-ICANN30}}
}}
}}
[[Image:UnderConstruction.png]]
'''David W. Maher''' is the Senior Vice President for Law and Policy of [[PIR]], the [[.org]] [[registry]]. He is one of the founding members of PIR. He has forty years of experience in Law and Policy.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/node/383 PIR.org]</ref>
== Current Positions ==
Mr. Maher is a registered patent attorney who specializes in [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], communications and entertainment law. He is admitted to the bar in New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the [[WIPO]] Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals and of ICANN's [[Whois Task Force]] 1 and 2.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf PIR.org]</ref>
He is a registered patent attorney and specializes in intellectual property, communications and entertainment law. He is admitted to the bar in New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the [[WIPO]] Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals.
Mr. Maher also serves as the Director of Better Business Bureau of Chicago. He is a visiting professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and is a member of the American Law Institute..<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ CircleId.com]</ref> He is also a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.
== Career History ==
David Maher was one of the founders of PIR in 2002 and acted as its Founding Chairman until 2004. He is considered instrumental in the early development of PIR. He was then appointed as the Senior Vice President of Law and Policy<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf PIR.org]</ref> For 20 years, he worked as a General Counsel at the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois Inc. He served on 11-member [[IAHC|International Ad Hoc Committee]] in 1996, this committee provided the foundation for the [[UDRP]]. In 1997, he became chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ CircleId.com]</ref> He has been the VP of Public Policy at [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/dotorg/10-8.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>
In 2011, he gave a speech titled [http://pir.org/pdf/slippery_slope.pdf The Slippery Slope] at the [[ICANN Studienkreis]] #11. He was a panelist at "[[IP Address]] Allocation: Do we need a Dual System?" panel at ICANN Studienkreis in 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann-studienkreis.net/conf/brussels2005/program.html ICANN-Studienkreirs.net]</ref>
== Awards and Honors ==
== Awards and Honors ==
In 1999, he received the Better Business Bureau's Torch of Integrity Award.
In 1999, he received the Better Business Bureau's Torch of Integrity Award.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ CircleId.com]</ref>
== Education ==
== Education ==
He holds a bachelor's degree in Classics from the Harvard College and Law degree from Harvard Law School.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Classics from Harvard College and Law degree from Harvard Law School.<ref>[http://www.lawyernow.com/attorneys/davidmaher2 LawyerNow.com]</ref>
== Publications ==
== Publications ==
Mr. Maher has written the following books:
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/Claiminginthealternative.pdf Claiming in the Alternative: Beware the Minefield], published in 2003.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/Claiminginthealternative.pdf Claiming in the Alternative: Beware the Minefield], published in 2003.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/globaliz.pdf The UDRP: The Globalization of Trademark Rights], published in 2002.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/globaliz.pdf The UDRP: The Globalization of Trademark Rights], published in 2002.
*[http://dmaher.org/publications/ambiguityofor.pdf The The Ambiguity of Or], Co-authored with Jennifer Hammond and published in 2002.
*[http://dmaher.org/publications/ambiguityofor.pdf The The Ambiguity of Or], Co-authored with Jennifer Hammond and published in 2002.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/droitinternationaldelinternet.pdf Le droit international de l’internet] Co-authored with Marc Rotenberg.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/droitinternationaldelinternet.pdf Le droit international de l’internet] Co-authored with Marc Rotenberg.
[http://dmaher.org/Publications/romanarithmetic.pdf Literary Evidence for Roman Arithmetic with Fractions] Co-authored with John Makowski, published in 2001.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/romanarithmetic.pdf Literary Evidence for Roman Arithmetic with Fractions] Co-authored with John Makowski, published in 2001.
[http://dmaher.org/Publications/Howtocollectemail.pdf How to Collect Your Email – Anywhere or Almost Anywhere], published in 1997.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/Howtocollectemail.pdf How to Collect Your Email – Anywhere or Almost Anywhere], published in 1997.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/willitscale.pdf Trademark Law on the Internet – Will It Scale? The Challenge to Develop International Trademark Law], published 1997.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/willitscale.pdf Trademark Law on the Internet – Will It Scale? The Challenge to Develop International Trademark Law], published 1997.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/whosincharge.pdf Trademarks on the Internet: Who’s in Charge?], published in 1996.
*[http://dmaher.org/Publications/whosincharge.pdf Trademarks on the Internet: Who’s in Charge?], published in 1996.
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ David Maher] on [[CircleID]]
*[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ David Maher] on [[CircleID]]
*David Maher [http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/maher-to-twomey-07feb07.pdf letter] to [[Paul Twomey]] appreciating the Santa Monica Regional Gathering.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
__NOTOC__
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Private Sector - Domain Name Industry]]
[[Category:RySG]]