Paul D. McGrady, Jr. concentrates his practice at the intersection of information technology and intellectual property, with special emphasis on domain name disputes, CAN-SPAM Disputes, Computer Fraud & Abuse Act disputes, and online copyright and brand identity disputes. Paul is the author of McGrady On Domain Names, the three-volume definitive treatise on domain name law, which is published by Lexis Nexis. He is a veteran of over 200 successful proceedings under the Uniform Domain Dispute Resolution Procedure (UDRP) and related ICANN policies, as well as multiple litigations brought under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). He also has experience employing the formal and informal domain dispute mechanisms in other jurisdictions, including China, the United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, the Czech Republic and Romania, among others. He also served as the Director of Operations for a start-up domain name registrar, for which he was able to obtain accreditation by ICANN. Paul provides counsel on technology licensing, technology outsourcing, web site development, online privacy compliance, blogging and compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and CAN-SPAM. Paul also has years of experience in the adoption, prosecution, licensing, and enforcement of traditional trademarks in the United States and throughout the world. Paul served as an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law and is a frequent lecturer on Internet related aspects of intellectual property. Paul also was formerly in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 retailer concentrating in trademarks, franchising, advertising, and shareholder/member relations. In May 2008, Paul was selected by IP Law & Business Magazine as one of the "Top 50 Under 45" Intellectual Property attorneys in the United States. Areas of Concentration · Domain name disputes and management · Online enforcement · Technology licensing, outsourcing, commercialization, and related disputes · Privacy, blogging, and emerging Internet risks · Trademark adoption, prosecution, licensing, and related litigation Significant Representations · Representation of one of the largest banking and financial organizations in the world in its Internet related aspects of intellectual property. · Representation of a major consumer charge card company in its traditional and Internet related aspects of intellectual property. · Representation of a major retailer in its Internet-related matters. · Representation of a major office products manufacturer in its traditional trademark and copyright adoption, prosecution, and protection, as well as Internet related aspects of intellectual property, e-commerce, and online privacy. · Representation of major consumer products companies in their Internet-related aspects of Intellectual Property including some of the largest enterprises in the building materials, hospitality, powersystems, furniture, beverage, and agricultural sectors. · Representation of a major metals manufacturer in its domain name disputes. · Representation of a major airline, consumer and food products manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, chemical manufacturers, retailers, an international temporary services provider, and many others in traditional and Internet related aspects of intellectual property with an emphasis on trademark and brand identities and protection before various national trademark offices and in an online context. Professional & Community Involvement · Member, International Trademark Association - Member, Programs Board 2008-2009 - Programs Board Liaison, 2009 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington - Team Leader, U.S. Programming, Berlin 2008 Annual Meeting - Co-Chair, Trademark Administrator's Conference 2006 - Trademark Administrator's Conference 2005 Team - Trademarks Basics Conference 2003 Team · Adjunct Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law, Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology, 2001-2005 · Member, Ohio Bar Association - Intellectual Property Section · Member, Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN · Member, Christian Legal Society Awards & Recognition · Selected by IP Law & Business Magazine as one of the "Top 50 Under 45" Intellectual Property attorneys in the United States, May 2008 · Cedarville University Alumni Impact Award, 2007 Previous Employment · In-house counsel, True Value Company, which has retail operations in all 50 states and in many jurisdictions around the world Articles, Publications, & Lectures Articles · "McGrady on Internationalized Domain Names and Traditional Trademark Transliteration Preparedness," Lexis/Nexis Research Solutions, December 2007 · "McGrady on the New .asia Auction Process," Lexis/Nexis Research Solutions, November 2007 Books · Author, McGrady on Domain Names, Lexis Nexis, May 2007 Lectures · Speaker, "The Other Side of the Dot: Becoming Your Own Top Level Domain Registry," Chicago Bar Association, Intellectual Property Committee Meeting, January 2009 · Panelist, "Protecting and Promoting Your Brand Online: From TDL to New gTDL," International Trademark Association Online Seminar, November 2008 · Speaker, "Be the Master of Your Domain Name: Current Trends and New Strategies," Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Minneapolis, September 2008 · Speaker, "The Expanding Domain Space: Internationalized Domains, New Top Level Domains and What to do About Them," Intellectual Property & Technology Institute - 6th Annual, Denver, June 2008 · Moderator, "Why We Do What We Do", INTA Annual Meeting, Berlin 2008 · Presenter, "Trademark Enforcement for the WWW (a.k.a. Wild, Wild, Web): Strategies, Trends, and Controversies," Corporation Service Company, Webinar, October 2007 · Speaker, "Too Hot, Too Cold, or Just Right? Cybersquatting and Domain Name Disputes: Cases, Controversies and Trends", Chicago Bar Association, Cyberlaw & Privacy Committee, September 2007 · Speaker, "The UDRP process and Other Hot Domain Name Topics," 2007 Intellectual Property Law Seminar and Midyear Meeting , Oklahoma Bar Association, IP section, June 2007 · Facilitator, "Blogs, Wikis and Other Internet Varmits," International Information Technology Law Association, April 2007 · Presenter, "The Hummingbird, the Ostrich and the Hawk: What Your Clients Should be Doing to Protect Themselves on the Internet," Navigant Consulting Legal Roundtable, November 2006 · Presenter, "Complying with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," Rocky Mountain Copyright Society, November 2006 · Presenter, "The Madrid Protocol: A Big Walk on the Beach?" Trademark Administrator's Conference of the International Trademark Association, 2005 · Presenter, "Internet Related Aspects of Intellectual Property," Intellectual Property Committee of the Young Lawyers Section, Chicago Bar Association, January 2005 · Presenter, "Internet Matters," Trademark Administrators Conference of the International Trademark Association, 2004 · Presenter, "Trademarks and the Internet," DePaul University College of Law, Intellectual Property Legal Clinic · Presenter, "Internet Strategies for the Brick & Mortar Business," General Counsels Committee of the National Paint & Coatings Association | 
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