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'''Robin Gross''' is the Founder and Executive Director of [[IP Justice]] an international civil liberties organization based in San Francisco dedicated to promoting balanced intellectual property laws and fair Internet governance policies. <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/imaginelaw linkedin.com]</ref>


'''Robin Gross''' is the Founder and Executive Director of [[IP Justice]], an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law and defends freedom of expression. <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/imaginelaw linkedin.com]</ref>
She has served as the Chair of ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group ([[NCSG]]) since December 2011 to represent non-commercial policy interests within the GNSO policy development process and ICANN community.  Previously Ms. Gross Chaired ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency ([[NCUC]]) from 2008-2010.


Robin has represented the Non-Commercial Users Constituency ([[NCUC]]) on the [[ICANN]] [[GNSO]] Policy Council since 2005, and she is a member of the Advisory Group to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum ([[IGF]]).<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXiK9lkCXH8 youtube.com]</ref>
She served as a member of the inaugural Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum ([[IGF]]) from 2006-2008 as a representative of civil society. She also served as the representative of [[NCUC]] on [[ICANN]] [[GNSO]] Policy Council from 2004-2008.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXiK9lkCXH8 youtube.com]</ref>  


She also runs a boutique law firm, [[Imagine Law]], located in San Francisco, which handles entertainment, intellectual property, and cyberspace legal issues involving transactions.<ref>[http://www.imaginelaw.com/ imaginelaw.com]</ref>
She also runs [[Imagine Law]], a boutique law firm with experience on intellectual property rights, Internet, and entertainment law issues.<ref>[http://www.imaginelaw.com/ imaginelaw.com]</ref>
 
In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Robin Gross, 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].


==Career History==
==Career History==
Robin Gross began her legal career as the first [[intellectual property]] (IP) attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation ([[EFF]]) in 1999.<ref>[http://www.imaginelaw.com/lawyer-attorney-1181486.html imaginelaw.com]</ref>


Robin Gross began her legal career as the first [[intellectual property]] (IP) attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation ([[EFF]]) in 1999. She launched EFF's work on intellectual property issues and was the director of its campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression. She defended in court ''2600 Magazine'', Norwegian [[Jon Johansen]], and others who published [[DeCSS]] code, challenging the anti-circumvention provisions of the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] (DMCA) as unconstitutional. She led the legal team who eventually won in the California Supreme Court, upholding the right of Web publishers to post DeCSS against bogus trade secret claims. <ref>[https://www.lawpivot.com/account/attorney_profile/105/ lawpivot.com]</ref>
In 2003, she gave a keynote speech at the [[WSIS]] in Geneva, arguing that in an information society, communication rights are human rights.


At the World Summit on the Information Society ([[WSIS]]) in Geneva in 2003, Robin gave a keynote speech at the World Forum on Communications Rights and argued that in an information society, communication rights are human rights.<ref>[http://www.imaginelaw.com/lawyer-attorney-1181486.html imaginelaw.com]</ref>
She organized a campaign named [[CODE]], which was successful in reforming the European Union's Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in 2004. She advised the Latin American Policymaker on how to implement the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement's IP.


In 2004, she organized an international campaign of over 50 civil liberties groups to reform the European Union's Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The [[CODE]] Campaign was successful in removing the directive's ban on technical devices that bypass IP holders' restrictions, and got the criminal provisions deleted from the final directive.
Gross participate in [[WIPO]] meetings to the "Development Agenda." She organized an international campaign to support the proposal for a "Development Agenda" at WIPO in 2005.


Later in 2004 she went to Chile where she advised Latin American policy makers on how to implement the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement's IP chapter as harmlessly as possible and also went to Geneva to attend meetings to reform [[WIPO]]. Robin and IP Justice are active at the World Intellectual Property Organization ([[WIPO]]) and participate in meetings related to the "Development Agenda". In July 2005, she organized a campaign of over 138 international public interest NGOs to support the proposal for a "Development Agenda" at WIPO. IP Justice is also active on issues regarding WIPO's proposed Broadcasting (& Webcasting) Treaty.
In 2005 at [[WSIS]] in Tunis, Gross addressed the WSIS plenary. She also chaired two panel discussions on the topics of the World Intellectual Property Organization and P2P and Digital Rights.


She has been active against the IP Chapter of the Free Trade Area of the Americas Treaty, and WIPO's proposed Broadcasting Treaty and is also engaged in the [[ICANN]] Non-Commercial User's Constituency.
She taught a course regarding international copyright law at Santa Clara University School of Law in 2005. She also served on the High Technology Legal Advisory Board from 2004-2006.<ref>[http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/robin-gross/person_view mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org]</ref>
==Awards and Honors==
''The Daily Journal'' chose Gross as one of “California’s Top Ten Most Influential Attorneys in 2001."


At [[WSIS]] in Tunis in 2005, Robin addressed the WSIS plenary and called for reform of over-zealous intellectual property rights laws. She also chaired two panel discussions on the topics of the World Intellectual Property Organization and P2P and Digital Rights.
On several TV and radio shows she has appeared as a Legal Expert. She has been quoted in the ''New York Times'', ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Washington Post'', ''USA Today'', ''Business Week'', ''Wired News'', ''Associated Press'', ''Reuters'', ''Financial Times'', ''Billboard'', and other media outlets.<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/about/people/robin-d-gross/ ipjustice.org]</ref>


In 2005, Robin taught international copyright law at Santa Clara University School of Law, where she served on SCU's High Technology Legal Advisory Board from 2004-2006.
In 2004, ''Managing Intellectual Property Magazine'' named Robin Gross one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property in the World."<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/about/people/robin-d-gross/ ipjustice.org]</ref>


==Awards and Honors==
== Education ==
California’s legal newspaper ''The Daily Journal'' selected Robin as one of “California’s Top Ten Most Influential Attorneys in 2001." She has appeared as a guest legal expert on TV and radio news stations including CNN, BBC, NPR, PRI, Tech TV, NHK, DRS, VOA, and CBC. Robin has been quoted in the ''New York Times'', ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Washington Post'', ''USA Today'', ''Business Week'', ''Wired News'', ''Associated Press'', ''Reuters'', ''Financial Times'', ''Billboard'', and other media outlets.<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/about/people/robin-d-gross/ ipjustice.org]</ref>
* '''Santa Clara University School of Law''' Juris Doctorate, High Technology Law (1995 – 1998)
 
* '''Michigan State University''' BA, Political Philosophy & International Relations (1988 – 1994)<ref>[https://www.lawpivot.com/account/attorney_profile/105/ lawpivot.com]</ref>
In 2004, ''Managing Intellectual Property Magazine'' named Robin Gross one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property in the World."<ref>[http://ipjustice.org/wp/about/people/robin-d-gross/ ipjustice.org]</ref>


== References ==
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Robin Gross is the Founder and Executive Director of IP Justice an international civil liberties organization based in San Francisco dedicated to promoting balanced intellectual property laws and fair Internet governance policies. [1]

She has served as the Chair of ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) since December 2011 to represent non-commercial policy interests within the GNSO policy development process and ICANN community. Previously Ms. Gross Chaired ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) from 2008-2010.

She served as a member of the inaugural Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from 2006-2008 as a representative of civil society. She also served as the representative of NCUC on ICANN GNSO Policy Council from 2004-2008.[2]

She also runs Imagine Law, a boutique law firm with experience on intellectual property rights, Internet, and entertainment law issues.[3]

In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Robin Gross, 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.[4] The letter can be found here.

Career History[edit | edit source]

Robin Gross began her legal career as the first intellectual property (IP) attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in 1999.[5]

In 2003, she gave a keynote speech at the WSIS in Geneva, arguing that in an information society, communication rights are human rights.

She organized a campaign named CODE, which was successful in reforming the European Union's Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in 2004. She advised the Latin American Policymaker on how to implement the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement's IP.

Gross participate in WIPO meetings to the "Development Agenda." She organized an international campaign to support the proposal for a "Development Agenda" at WIPO in 2005.

In 2005 at WSIS in Tunis, Gross addressed the WSIS plenary. She also chaired two panel discussions on the topics of the World Intellectual Property Organization and P2P and Digital Rights.

She taught a course regarding international copyright law at Santa Clara University School of Law in 2005. She also served on the High Technology Legal Advisory Board from 2004-2006.[6]

Awards and Honors[edit | edit source]

The Daily Journal chose Gross as one of “California’s Top Ten Most Influential Attorneys in 2001."

On several TV and radio shows she has appeared as a Legal Expert. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Business Week, Wired News, Associated Press, Reuters, Financial Times, Billboard, and other media outlets.[7]

In 2004, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine named Robin Gross one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property in the World."[8]

Education[edit | edit source]

  • Santa Clara University School of Law Juris Doctorate, High Technology Law (1995 – 1998)
  • Michigan State University BA, Political Philosophy & International Relations (1988 – 1994)[9]

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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