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Greg Shatan

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Organization: Moses & Singer LLP
Affiliation: ALAC
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Region: North America
Country: USA
Email: gshatan@mosessinger.com
Facebook:    Greg Shatan
LinkedIn:    Greg Shatan
Twitter:    @gss1958
Currently a member of the
GNSO's IP Constituency


Featured in the ICANN 52 - Singapore playing card deck

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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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