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'''IP Justice''' is an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced 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 | '''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 runs several campaigns on 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. | IP Justice runs several campaigns on 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 | 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== | ==History== | ||
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| Type: | Non-profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | San Fransisco, 2002 |
| Founder(s): | Robin Gross |
| Headquarters: | 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA |
| Country: | USA |
| Email: | robin [at] ipjustice.org |
| Website: | ipjustice.org |
| Twitter: |  @ipjustice
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| Key People | |
| Robin Gross, Executive Director Antonis Broumas, Volunteer Attorney | |
IP Justice is an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced 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.[1]
IP Justice runs several campaigns on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA),[2] Access to Knowledge (A2K), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),[3] Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)[4], Internet Governance Forum (IGF),[5] WTO-TRIPS, US IPR Foreign Policy, EU IPR Law and Policy, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),[6] 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 Non-Commercial Users Constituency and also participates through the Generic Names Supporting Organization. IP Justice's Executive Director Robin Gross is the Chair of ICANN’s Non-Commercial Users Constituency.[7]
History
IP Justice was founded in 2002 by Robin Gross at San Fransisco. Robin Gross who was then an attorney at Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) started IP Justice to bring international copyright reform. [8]
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