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'''Brett Fausett''' is one of the first Attorneys to pursue the [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] aspects of Internet Law. He is currently an Attorney with [[Internet Pro]] APC, which is based in Marina del Rey, California.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=83321&authType=name&authToken=1lA6&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&pohelp=&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref>
  
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Fausett's areas of practice are described as somewhat equal parts Internet, business, and intellectual property.<ref>[http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/90071-ca-bret-fausett-106268.html Avvo.com]</ref>
  
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One of the first Attorneys to pursue the intellectual property aspects of Internet Law, Southern California based, '''Bret Fausett'''  is currently Of Counsel at the Los Angeles offices of Alvarado Smith. <ref>[http://www.alvaradosmith.com/attorneys-ofcounsel.html Alvaradosmith.com]</ref>
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Bret Fausett is a member of The Board of Directors of the [[DotGreen|DotGreen Community, Inc.]]. He is also working with [[Uniregistry]], a prominent [[new gTLD Program|new gTLD applicant]].<ref>[http://uniregistry.com/team Team, Uniregistry.com]</ref> In August 2012, Fausett was hired to serve on [[ICM Registry]]'s legal team for their case against [[Manwin Licensing]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10279-icm-hires-fausett-to-help-with-youporn-antitrust-case ICM hires Fausett to help with YouPorn antitrust case, domainincite.com]</ref>
  
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In 1997, Fausett broke ground while handling one of the first major disputes between a domain name registrant and a trademark owner, over the rights to earth.com. The following year he worked with the gaming giant Hasbro to negotiate the internet rights for the company's famous games, leading to the creation of games.com, one of the web's first gaming sites.  
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===Early Internet Work===
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Mr. Fausett has been working with a variety of business in establishing and protecting their online presence and brands since 1997. In that year, he was succesfully involved with one of the first domain disputes between a trademark owner and a domain name registrant; the dispute was over the domain "earth.com". In 1998, he began working with Hasbro to register and protect their large portfolio of games, which led to the establishment of one of the first online gaming sites, "games.com".
  
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Fausett has been an active member of the AIP (Association of Internet Professionals) since it's inception and has served as editor of the organization's newsletter.<ref>[http://khup.com/keyword/fausett.html Khup.com]</ref>
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==Career History==
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Mr. Fausett has worked with numerous Law Firms as Partner, Associate and Of Council. Previously, from 2010 until 2011, Fausett was Of Counsel at  Alvarado Smith,  where he was a member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation departments. While there, he handled intellectual property and licensing issues, and represented a large domain name registrar with regards to its Internet activities, and a major U.S. sporting goods manufacturer with regards to its business in Califronia. From 1998 to 2008, Fausett served on [[ICANN]]'s [[ALAC]].<ref>[http://www.alvaradosmith.com/docs/bfausett.pdf Fausett Bio, alvaradosmith.com]</ref> From 2000 to 2006 he was a Partner at Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP, and from 2000 until 2003 he wrote the "Legal Code" column for the CMP's New Architect and Web Techniques magazines. He worked for the AIP/Webmaster's Guild from 1995 to 1999 and was an Associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart from 1992 until 1997. Fausett has written numerous articles for publications such as New Architect, Web Techniques, the San Francisco Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
  
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Active in the Internet Industry both professionally and as a hobbyist,<ref>[http://domaindictionary.com/konfuciy.asp?tda=dt&t=6982&fs=bret+fausett Domain Dictionary.com]</ref> Fausett's blogs [http://blog.lextext.com/blog/icann/icann.blog] and tweets often cover [[ICANN]] issues and Internet governance.
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In 2008, Bret Fausett was  invited to speak at the United Nations' [[IGF|Internet Governance Forum]] in Hyderabad, India. He presented a paper on the legality of using local points of control, such as domain name [[registrar]]s and [[Registry|registries]], hosting companies and [[IP Address|IP addresses]], to regulate international conduct.<ref>[http://www.alvaradosmith.com/docs/bfausett.pdf Bret Fausett Bio, AlvaradoSmith.com]</ref>
  
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Fausett's areas of practice are described as somewhat equal parts Internet, business and intellectual property. <ref>[http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/90071-ca-bret-fausett-106268.html Avvo.com]</ref>
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=== Awards ===
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Fausett won the 2003 Maggie Award for "Best Regular Feature," from the Western Publishers Association for his work with the CMP Media Web Techniques and New Architect Magazine from 200 to 2003.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=83321&authType=name&authToken=1lA6&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&pohelp=&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref><ref>[http://www.alvaradosmith.com/docs/bfausett.pdf Fausett Bio, AlvaradoSmith.com]</ref> In 2000, Fausett was AIP's nominee for membership on the FTC's “Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security”.
  
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==Career History==
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===Associations===
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Fausett has worked with numerous Law Firms as Partner, Associate and Of Council. Currently, Fausett is Of Counsel at  Alvarado Smith, A Professional Corporation, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation departments. In addition to handling intellectual property and licensing issues, he currently represents a large domain name registrar and a major U.S. sporting goods manufacturer in legal matters concerning the Internet. From 1998 to 2008, Fausett served on ICANN's At Large Advisory Counsel. From 2000-2006 he was a Partner at Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP and from 2000-2003 he wrote the "Legal Code" column for the CMP's New Architect and Web Techniques magazines. He worked for the AIP/Webmaster's Guild from 1995-1999 and was an Associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart from 1992-1997. Fausett has written numerous articles for publications such as New Architect, Web Techniques, the San Francisco Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Daily Journal.  
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Fausett has been a member of the Federal Bar Association since 2004 and a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawers since 2003.
  
 
== Work with ICANN ==
 
== Work with ICANN ==
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On behalf of the AIP and other organizations, Fausett played a part in the discussions leading to ICANN's creation. Fausett spent 10 years (1998-2008) as a member of ICANN's At Large Advisory Council and has served as a member of ICANN's Names Council and on the Nominating Committee for the Board of Directors. Additionally, Fausett served as Chair of the policies and procedures working group of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organization. In his blog and social media presence, Fausett comments regularly on issues surrounding ICANN and Internet governance policies.
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On behalf of the AIP and other organizations, Fausett played a part in the discussions leading to ICANN's creation. Fausett spent 10 years (1998-2008) as a member of ICANN's [[At-Large Advisory Committee]], in 2005 he was appointed as the At-Large liaison to the [[GNSO]].<ref>[http://does-not-exist.org/mail-archives/council/msg00728.html ICANN email archives]</ref> He has served as a member of ICANN's [[Names Council]] and on the [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]]. Additionally, Fausett served as Chair of the policies and procedures working group of ICANN's [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organization]]. Bret Fausett regularly comments on issues surrounding ICANN and Internet governance policies in his blog and social media platforms.
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== Awards ==
 
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Fausett won the 2003 Maggie Award for "Best Regular Feature," from the Western Publishers Association <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=83321&authType=name&authToken=1lA6&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&pohelp=&trk=ppro_viewmore linkedin.com]</ref> In 2000 Fausett was AIP's nominee for membership on the FTC's “Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security.”
 
  
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He has been vocal on a number of industry platforms since the very beginnings of ICANN. He has been a long supporter of removing American oversight of the Internet and recognizing its international nature.<ref>[http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Bret+Fausetts+Views+On+ICANN+Reform.aspx Fauseets Views on ICANN Reform]</ref>
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Fausett has been a member of the Federal Bar Association since 2004 and a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawers since 2003.  
 
  
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==Portfolio of Published Work==
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In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bret Fausett, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> The  letter can be found [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here].
  
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"First Episode of ‘Boston Legal’ Gives New Meaning to Professional Ethics" Los Angeles Daily Journal 2004, "First Episode of ‘Boston Legal’ Gives New Meaning to Professional Ethics" San Francisco Daily Journal 2004, "Hooray for the RIAA! Developing Internet Law" New Architect 2003, "Radio, Radio: The Birth of Webcasting" Unknown 2003, "Ask Not What the Internet Can Do For You" Unknown 2003, "Who Are You? Securing Digital Identity" New Architect 2002, "Minds of Their Own: Copyright Protection Flags and Fair Use" New Architect 2002, "Digital Rights Management" Web Techniques 2002, "Into the Deep: Thinking about Deep Linking" New Architect 2002, "The Hague Treaty on Jurisdiction: Diverse Laws, Uniform Enforcement" New Architect 2002, "Blind Vigilantes: Black Hole Lists Offer Dark Prospects" New Architect 2002, "Do You Copy? What the Courts Are Saying About Fair Use and Linking Rights" New Architect 2002, "Captured! The Sad, Predictable Story of ICANN's At Large" New Architect 2002, "Mending the Gaping Security Hole in Your Network" New Architect 2002, "Legal Tools for the New Journalists" New Architect 2002, "Data Control and Quality of Service" New Architect 2002, "Becoming a Patriot" New Architect 2002, "Governing A Global Resource from Los Angeles County" New Architect 2002, "Don't Tread On My Server" Web Techniques 2001, "Bringing Old Content to a New Medium" Web Techniques 2001.
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== Fun Fact ==
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Bret coaches girl's softball every spring and it's the favorite thing that he does.<ref>[[ICANN 42]] Interview</ref>
  
 
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Organization: Uniregistry
Affiliation: GNSO
Region: North America
Country: USA
Email: bret [at] internet.pro
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LinkedIn: LinkedInIcon.png   Bret Fausett
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Brett Fausett is one of the first Attorneys to pursue the intellectual property aspects of Internet Law. He is currently an Attorney with Internet Pro APC, which is based in Marina del Rey, California.[1]

Fausett's areas of practice are described as somewhat equal parts Internet, business, and intellectual property.[2]

Bret Fausett is a member of The Board of Directors of the DotGreen Community, Inc.. He is also working with Uniregistry, a prominent new gTLD applicant.[3] In August 2012, Fausett was hired to serve on ICM Registry's legal team for their case against Manwin Licensing.[4]

Early Internet Work[edit | edit source]

Mr. Fausett has been working with a variety of business in establishing and protecting their online presence and brands since 1997. In that year, he was succesfully involved with one of the first domain disputes between a trademark owner and a domain name registrant; the dispute was over the domain "earth.com". In 1998, he began working with Hasbro to register and protect their large portfolio of games, which led to the establishment of one of the first online gaming sites, "games.com".

Career History[edit | edit source]

Mr. Fausett has worked with numerous Law Firms as Partner, Associate and Of Council. Previously, from 2010 until 2011, Fausett was Of Counsel at Alvarado Smith, where he was a member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation departments. While there, he handled intellectual property and licensing issues, and represented a large domain name registrar with regards to its Internet activities, and a major U.S. sporting goods manufacturer with regards to its business in Califronia. From 1998 to 2008, Fausett served on ICANN's ALAC.[5] From 2000 to 2006 he was a Partner at Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP, and from 2000 until 2003 he wrote the "Legal Code" column for the CMP's New Architect and Web Techniques magazines. He worked for the AIP/Webmaster's Guild from 1995 to 1999 and was an Associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart from 1992 until 1997. Fausett has written numerous articles for publications such as New Architect, Web Techniques, the San Francisco Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

In 2008, Bret Fausett was invited to speak at the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India. He presented a paper on the legality of using local points of control, such as domain name registrars and registries, hosting companies and IP addresses, to regulate international conduct.[6]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Fausett won the 2003 Maggie Award for "Best Regular Feature," from the Western Publishers Association for his work with the CMP Media Web Techniques and New Architect Magazine from 200 to 2003.[7][8] In 2000, Fausett was AIP's nominee for membership on the FTC's “Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security”.

Associations[edit | edit source]

Fausett has been a member of the Federal Bar Association since 2004 and a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawers since 2003.

Work with ICANN[edit | edit source]

On behalf of the AIP and other organizations, Fausett played a part in the discussions leading to ICANN's creation. Fausett spent 10 years (1998-2008) as a member of ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee, in 2005 he was appointed as the At-Large liaison to the GNSO.[9] He has served as a member of ICANN's Names Council and on the Nominating Committee. Additionally, Fausett served as Chair of the policies and procedures working group of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organization. Bret Fausett regularly comments on issues surrounding ICANN and Internet governance policies in his blog and social media platforms.

He has been vocal on a number of industry platforms since the very beginnings of ICANN. He has been a long supporter of removing American oversight of the Internet and recognizing its international nature.[10]

In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bret Fausett, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support ICANN's new gTLD program, in response to the Senate Hearings taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.[11] The letter can be found here.

Fun Fact[edit | edit source]

Bret coaches girl's softball every spring and it's the favorite thing that he does.[12]

Education[edit | edit source]

Vanderbilt University Law School J.D., Law 1985-1988 Three-year Patrick Wilson Scholar in Law

University of Southern California A. B, Philosophy 1981-1985[13]

References[edit | edit source]

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).

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