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IP Issues in Domain Names: How to Protect Your Internet Property
Learn how to snatch a domain name from someone who is holding it for ransom or committing cybersquatting.
Securing a domain name is a process very different from securing a trademark, yet both are related in ways this presentation will explore. This presentation will seek to educate and empower you on best practices to ensure that your internet property and your intellectual property are both protected.
Presented by the Entrepreneurial Strategy Series and Gearhart Law.
OUR SPEAKERS:
Adam Samuel is a member of the New York and English Bars and a panelist deciding domain name cases for both the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He has decided 167 cases for WIPO and is probably around 200 in total. He has delivered decisions on unregistered trademarks, sporting personalities, transvestite dance clubs and dangerous dog groups. Adam has taught at the University of Westminster in England for the last decade including sessions on handling domain name disputes. He is also writes a regular bi-monthly column for Alternatives on various forms of alternative dispute resolution. Adam is in one of the oldest friends of Gearhart Law since his friendship with Richard pre-dates the law firm, going back to the late 1980s. He has also appeared on Passage to Profit. Oh and if we don’t keep him quiet, he will tell stories all afternoon.
Centrend Founder Paul LaFlamme lives Information Technology (IT). That passion for IT goes beyond just what computers can do. For Paul, it’s become how IT can be the key component and driving force of a successful business strategy. Starting Centrend in 2005, Paul helps clients implement and manage information systems that create a competitive advantage in a broad range of industries. Paul and the Centrend team empower business owners and solopreneurs to maximize profitability, security and customer satisfaction levels. In 2020, Paul added a consumer division, Whiz Kid Support, which caters to household customers and very small businesses. Centrend, Inc. is registered with the CMMC-AB as a provider organization. As a certified security expert, Paul and his organization assist their clients in preparing for security audits for Department of Defense contractors, PCI and SEC to ensure compliance with numerous security standards at both state and federal level.
David Postolski, a senior partner at Gearhart Law, is a registered patent attorney and Intellectual property (IP) attorney. David specializes in assisting inventors, creators, artists, start-ups, entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and emerging companies with their U.S and international IP strategy, protection, enforcement, and monetization. David is a frequent speaker and author on emerging IP issues and technologies, raising capital, business formation, licensing, and equity-based crowdfunding. David is a professor at Temple University, Parsons School of Design and the Radzyner Law School (Herzliya, Israel) where he teaches master-level students about IP, ethics, and other regulatory considerations. David currently serves on Harvard’s Lemann Entrepreneurial Program Advisory Board.
This event was sponsored by Gearhart Law, a full service Intellectual Property firm specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law domestically and globally. We serve inventors, entrepreneurs, and established businesses. We can help you strategize and build your IP portfolio based on your business needs. Call us for a free consultation at 908-273-0700 or contact us through https://gearhartstg.wpenginepowered.com/