Hi everyone I am an intellectual property attorney and partner in a large African IP firm Adams & Adams, practicing from its Cape Town office in South Africa. I specialise in contentious IP matters locally and internationally with a focus on domain name abuse. I have actively served as a WIPO panelist since 2002 and am also a senior adjudicator of the South African Intellectual Property Institute, which is the principle domain dispute provider in the.za space. I contributed the chapter on domain name law in South Africa to Oxford University Press’s second edition of Domain Name Law and Practice: An International Handbook. I am a member of ICANN's IPC and am also a Fellow. This is my first participation as member in a GNSO Working Group and I look forward to making a positive contribution. My Statement of Interest is here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Charne+Le+Roux+SOI My firm biography is here: http://www.adamsadams.com/index.php/about/our_people/charne_le_roux/ Best regards Charne Charne Le Roux Partner [cid:image002.jpg@01D190B0.15FCD4F0] DIRECT +27 21 441 3887 PHONE +27 21 418 8560 FAX +27 21 419 5729 EMAIL charne.leroux@adamsadams.com<mailto:charne.leroux@adamsadams.com> CAPE TOWN OFFICE: 28th Floor, 1 Thibault Square, Cnr. Long Street and Hans Strijdom Avenue, Cape Town, South Africa PO BOX 1513, Cape Town 8000, South Africa [cid:image003.jpg@01D190B0.15FCD4F0] This email is subject to an electronic communication legal notice available at http://www.adamsadams.com/index.php/site/edisclaimer On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 5:15 PM, George Kirikos via gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org>> wrote: Hi folks, (resending the email from this morning, as the mailing list now appears to be working properly) I've followed ICANN for many years, and am volunteering on this working group as an independent. My Statement of Interest is at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/George+Kirikos+SOI<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/George+Kirikos+SOI> I look forward to a review and reform of RPMs in such a manner that > the interests of domain name registrants and due process are understood, represented, and reflected in the final analysis/recommendations. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269<tel:416-588-0269> http://www.leap.com/<http://www.leap.com/> _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg<https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg>