Before the advent of Instagram and Twitter, Jason was helping global brands like NFL Properties and Pfizer protect their trademarks and police their online presence. Over the past two decades he has worked in the domain name space as counsel and advisor to some of the largest domain name portfolio owners in the world.
Since 2011 Jason has addressed nearly all facets of the ICANN new gTLD process and is one of a group of global experts that are evaluating and considering recommendations to reform and improve the UDRP.
He proudly architected the contention resolution, among other things, to allow DotMusic Ltd. to obtain the right to run .MUSIC, which will hopefully become a “game changer” – a safe, trusted, community based TLD for musicians and artists.
Jason has handled over 200 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) Disputes and routinely manages six-figure and seven-figure Domain sale and lease transactions. Mr. Schaeffer has counseled parties and handled sales to Facebook/Meta, Google, and other global brands and he’s also helped many famous artists, politicians, and musicians secure and acquire their domain names. Additionally, in 2021 Jason assisted the parties with the eight-figure sale of a super-premium single word .COM domain name.
Jason obtained his law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1998, and he graduated cum laude from Temple University in 1995 with dual major degrees in Philosophy and Political Science. While he was at Fordham, he was an editor for the Intellectual Property Law Journal.