Thomas Rickert

Thomas Rickert has been a lawyer and partner with Schollmeyer & Rickert since 1998; he is also currently acting as the Chair of the Names and Numbers division at the Association of the German Internet, eco. He has been a member and participant within eco since 1999, and has held a number of positions there. Both of these positions are set to expand in scope and work as the new gTLD process is implemented.

Country:	Germany
Email:	rickert[at]anwaelte.de

Specialization

Mr. Rickert specializes in trademark, domain, copyright, and media protection law. Thomas was chairman of INHOPE Association's Executive Board from 2003-2005, which unites various organizations fighting against illegal internet content.

He is also project manager of the anti-spam group SpotSpam, and also a member of the Steering Committee of the Certified Senders Alliance, which also overlaps with his work with eco. Thomas is also a director of the ICRA working group at Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia, and a lecturer with the Bonn Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Industry and Commerce and arbitrator at the Bonn Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Commerce IT Arbitration Tribunal.