About the Authors

Paul D. McGrady, Jr. is a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. McGrady concentrates his practice in the intersection between intellectual property and information technology, with special emphasis on domain name disputes, online copyright disputes, online identity theft, and Internet fraud prevention and recovery. He is a veteran of nearly 200 successful proceedings under the Uniform Domain Dispute Resolution Procedure ("UDRP"), as well as formal and informal 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. He is an active member of both INTA and the Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN.

Mr. McGrady provides counsel on technology licensing, technology outsourcing, web site development, online privacy compliance, blogging, and compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He also has years of experience in the adoption, prosecution, licensing, and enforcement of traditional trademarks in the United States and throughout the world.

Mr. McGrady is an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law's top rated Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology and is a frequent lecturer on Internet related aspects of intellectual property. He is the author of McGrady on Domain Names, a practical resource for issues that arise in connection with domain names, including global disputes, registration, and maintenance. Mr. McGrady was formerly in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 retailer concentrating in trademarks, franchising, advertising, and shareholder/member relations.