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'''Konstantinos Komaitis''' is a Geneva-based Senior Policy Advisor for the [[Internet Society]].<ref>https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/staff/konstantinos-komaitis</ref>

Before joining the Internet Society in July 2012, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. He holds a PhD in Law.

==Industry Involvement==

==Industry Involvement==

Dr. Komaitis has been a member of [[ICANN]]'s [[NCUC]] since 2005; and he is the current chair of the constituency, with a tenure set for Jan. 2011 to Jan. 2012.<ref>[[ICANN 41]] Interview</ref> He has also been involved in other special working groups and bodies; he was a member of the 2009 -2010 Special Trademark Issues Team, Working Group on Recommendation 6, and the Policy Process Steering Committee; he has also worked on the Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy and the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. His work with the [[NCUC]] and his interests in the [[UDRP]] and trademark issues allowed him to help draft the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System.<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/about-me.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

Dr. Komaitis has been a member of [[ICANN]]'s [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] since 2005 and served as its chair from 2010 to 2012. He was a member of ICANN's Special Trademark Issues (STI) team, which drafted the recommendations for the rights protection mechanisms for new gTLDs, and is on the Policy Advisory Board of Directors for [[DotMobi]].<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/academic-cv.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

He is a member of [[ISOC]],<ref>[[ICANN 41]] Interview</ref> and was on the Policy Advisory Board of Directors for [[DotMobi]].<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/academic-cv.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

He was formerly the chair of the Membership Committee of [[GigaNet]], an academic network interested in Internet governance, and continues to serve as a panelist for the Czech Arbitration Forum, which is the responsible legal body for all [[.eu]] domains involved in the [[UDRP]].<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/about-me.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

 

Prof. Komaitis is the former chair of the Membership Committee of [[GigaNet]], an academic network interested in Internet governance. He continues to serve as a panelist for the Czech Arbitration Forum, which is the responsible legal body for all [[.eu]] domains involved in the [[UDRP]].<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/about-me.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

==Publications==

==Publications==

Konstantinos is the author of the book, "The Current State of Domain Name Regulation: Domain names as second-class citizens in a mark-dominated world", which originally stemmed from his doctoral thesis topic.<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/my-book.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

Dr. Komaitis is the author of the book, "The Current State of Domain Name Regulation: Domain Names as Second-Class Citizens in a Mark-Dominated World", a well-researched overview of the legal, institutional and ethical problems caused by the clash between domain names and trademarks.<ref>[http://www.komaitis.org/my-book.html Komaitis.org]</ref>

 

== References ==

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