Brian Beckham is a US-trained lawyer who currently heads up WIPO’s Internet Dispute Resolution Section. In this role he manages ICANN policy matters and oversees a team that manages 3,000 UDRP cases per year. Prior to this Brian was Head of Legal Policy at the new gTLD consultancy Valideus where he led successful negotiations with ICANN on special contract provisions for “dot-brand” new TLD applicants. Brian also led a WIPO team which successfully proposed the paperless “eUDRP” to ICANN [in 2009].
