Greg Shatan

Country:	USA
Email:	gshatan[at]reedsmith[dot]com
LinkedIn:	[Greg Shatan Greg Shatan]
Twitter:	@gss1958
Currently a member of the GNSO's IP Constituency

Greg Shatan is a Partner in the New York law firm Abelman Frayne & Schwab, which he joined in October 2014. He practices intellectual property, internet, technology and transactional law. Previously, he was a partner in the New York office of Reed Smith LLP, for eight years. Prior to joining Reed Smith, he was a Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP for two years and a Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP for 10 years. He began his legal career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he was an associate for 8 years. He has been involved with INTA and its Internet Committee, where he has served on the DNS and Registration Practice Subcommittee and the new gTLD Subcommittee over the course of 8 years.

ICANN Involvement

On February 8, 2015, Greg was elected President of the Intellectual Property Constituency. He has been a member of the IPC since 2007. Greg is involved in the following ICANN Working Groups and Drafting Teams:

• Reserved Names WG (2007)

• Single Letter Names WG (2007) (sub-WG of Reserved Names WG) (Chair)

• Rights Protection Mechanism Ad Hoc Reference Implementation Group (2007)

• Temporary Drafting Group on New gTLD Registry Agreement Issues (TDG-Legal) (2010-2011)

• IOC/RCRC Protections DT (2011-2012)

• IGO-INGO Protections PDP WG (2012-2013)

• Policy & Implementation Charter DT (2013)

• Policy & Implementation WG (2013-2015)

• GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements -- IPC Representative (alternate) (2013-current)

• Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance (CCWG-IG) -- IPC Representative

• Cross-Community Working Group Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG-IANA) -- Member, representing the CSG

• Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) -- Participant

Education

Greg has degrees from Wesleyan University (B.A. in Sociology/Psychology and Music, 1981) and Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1981). At Columbia Law School, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & the Arts. At Wesleyan, he was the President and Music Director of WESU-FM, the university's radio station. Greg also played on the Wesleyan University Rugby Football Club and the Columbia Business School Rugby Football Club.

Intellectual Property Constituency

Policy Development Process

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).

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of large and small commercial entities of the Internet, including the Business Constituency, Intellectual Property Constituency and the Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency (ICANN Bylaws).