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[[Dan Krimm]], Global Policy Fellow
[[Dan Krimm]], Global Policy Fellow
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'''IP Justice''' is an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] law. The organization’s focus is on international treaties, directives, and other trade agreements that address intellectual property rights or impact freedom of expression guarantees. IP Justice is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San Francisco, USA.<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/about/mission/ ipjustice.org]</ref>
IP Justice monitors and comments on a variety of Organizations and Legislation, including: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA),<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/about/mission/ ipjustice.org]</ref> Access to Knowledge (A2K), World Intellectual Property Organization ([[WIPO]]),<ref>[http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2006/05/01/new-in-the-inside-views-column-wipo-broadcasting-treaty-contains-unsupported-webcasting-and-digital-locks/ ip-watch.org]</ref> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]])<ref>[http://ncdnhc.org/profiles/blogs/ip-justice-comments-on-icann ncdnhc.org]</ref>, Internet Governance Forum ([[IGF]]),<ref>[http://www.nic.br/imprensa/clipping/2007/midia740.htm nic.br]</ref> WTO-TRIPS, US IPR Foreign Policy, EU IPR Law and Policy, World Summit on the Information Society ([[WSIS]]),<ref>[http://www.radicalparty.org/en/content/wsis-trp-and-ip-justice-p2p-file-sharing-digital-rights-and-e-democracy radicalparty.org]</ref> European Union Campaign for an Open Digital Environment (CODE) and Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Treaty.
===ICANN Involvement===
IP Justice is a member of ICANN's [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] and also participates through the [[GNSO|Generic Names Supporting Organization]]. IP Justice's Executive Director [[Robin Gross]] is the Chair of [[ICANN]]’s Non-Commercial Users Constituency.<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/icann/ ipjustice.org]</ref>
==History==
IP Justice was founded in 2002 by [[Robin Gross]] in San Fransisco. [[Robin Gross]] was an attorney at the [[EFF|Electronic Frontier Foundation]], and started IP Justice to bring about international copyright reform.<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2003/01/24/ip-justice-internati.html boingboing.net]</ref>
==Board of Directors==
* Robin D. Gross, Esq., USA
* Professor [[Giovanni Ziccardi]], Italy
* Dr. [[Martin Spirig]], Switzerland
* [[Ross Nakasone]], Esq., USA
* [[Allonn E. Levy]], Esq., USA
* [[John Gilmore]], USA
===Advisory Board===
* [[James Love]]
* [[Eben Moglen]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Intellectual Property Services]]
[[Category:Featured]]
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