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| '''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''' 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> |
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− | 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 monitors and comments on a variety of Organizations and Legislation, including: 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=== | | ===ICANN Involvement=== |
| 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> | | 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> |
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| ==History== | | ==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. <ref>[http://boingboing.net/2003/01/24/ip-justice-internati.html boingboing.net]</ref> | + | IP Justice was founded in 2002 by [[Robin Gross]] in San Fransisco. [[Robin Gross]] was an attorney at the [[EFF|Electronic Frontier Foundation]], and started IP Justice to bring about international copyright reform.<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2003/01/24/ip-justice-internati.html boingboing.net]</ref> |
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| ==Board of Directors== | | ==Board of Directors== |
− | * Robin D. Gross, Esq. USA | + | * Robin D. Gross, Esq., USA |
− | * Professor Giovanni Ziccardi Italy | + | * Professor [[Giovanni Ziccardi]], Italy |
− | * Dr. Martin Spirig Switzerland | + | * Dr. [[Martin Spirig]], Switzerland |
− | * Ross Nakasone, Esq. USA | + | * [[Ross Nakasone]], Esq., USA |
− | * Allonn E. Levy, Esq. USA | + | * [[Allonn E. Levy]], Esq., USA |
− | * John Gilmore USA | + | * [[John Gilmore]], USA |
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− | ==Advisory Board== | + | ===Advisory Board=== |
− | * James Love | + | * [[James Love]] |
− | * Eben Moglen | + | * [[Eben Moglen]] |
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| == References == | | == References == |