Organization: Moses & Singer LLP
Affiliation: ALAC
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Region: North America
Country: USA
Email: gshatan@mosessinger.com
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Currently a member of the
GNSO's IP Constituency


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Greg Shatan is a Partner in the New York office of Moses & Singer LLP, which he joined in January 2018. He primarily practices in the area of technology transactions, Internet, Domain Names, IP, and web accessibility law. Previously, he was a partner at Reed Smith LLP and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Greg is the President of the New York Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-NY) and represents ISOC-NY as an At-Large Structure in the At-Large Community and is a member of the ALAC.

ICANN Involvement edit

On October 22, 2020, Greg joined ALAC as a Member representing North America, chosen by the ICANN NomCom.

Greg is or has been involved in the following ICANN Working Groups and Drafting Teams:[1]:

  • GNSO Working Group on Subsequent Rounds for New gTLDs
  • GNSO Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDS
  • Cross-Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance (CCWG-IG)
  • 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
  • GNSO Working Group on Next Generation Registrant Directory Services -- Participant
  • 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) (2013-2015)

Greg was the President of the Intellectual Property Constituency from 2015 to 2017.

Education edit

Greg has degrees from Wesleyan University (B.A. in Sociology/Psychology and Music, 1981) and Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1986).[2] Greg also attended Cardozo Law School. At Columbia Law School, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & the Arts and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. 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.

References edit

  1. ICANNWiki Interview, July 2013.
  2. Greg Shatan, LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 2013 August 9.