IP Justice Board of Directors

Robin D. Gross
Robin D. GrossIP Justice Executive Director
Robin D. Gross is founder and Executive Director of IP Justice an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property rights and protects freedom of expression (www.ipjustice.org).  An attorney, Ms. Gross advises policy makers throughout the world on the impact of intellectual property rules proposed to national legislatures and international treaties and trade agreements.  Ms. Gross lectures at international seminars, law schools and universities on cyberspace legal issues including digital copyright, fair use, freedom of expression, privacy and Internet governance.

Ms. Gross also runs a boutique private law practice Imagine Law that handles intellectual property rights and technology legal matters.  In 2020 she was elected to the board of directors for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC), where she serves as the organization’s Policy Chair.  She also teaches international intellectual property rights as an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University School of Law

From 2011-2013 she was the elected Chair of the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and she has served on NCSG’s Executive Committee since 2013.  She previously served on the Executive Committee for FreeMuse, an independent international organization based in Copenhagen that advocates freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide.  From 2006-2008 served Ms. Gross as a Member of the Advisory Group to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum  (IGF).

In July 2004 Managing Intellectual Property Magazine named Ms. Gross as one of “2004’s Top 50 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property in the World.”  She was called to testify before the US Copyright Office during the 2003 and 2000 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Rulemaking Hearings.

Before founding IP Justice in 2002, Ms. Gross was the first Staff Attorney for Intellectual Property with the cyber-liberties organization the Electronic Frontier Foundation where she began the group’s campaign in intellectual property litigation in 1999.  While at EFF, she defended Morpheus P2P file-sharing software developers in the district court and represented consumers over their right to use digital VCRs and she led EFF’s defense of web publishers of DeCSS computer code that unlocks DVDs (including Norwegian teen Jon Johansen).  She also represented 2600 Magazine (against the major movie studios) and Princeton scientists (against the recording industry) over publication of technical information banned by the DMCA.

California’s legal newspaper The Daily Journal selected Ms. Gross as one of “California’s Top Ten Most Influential Attorneys in 2001”. She has appeared as a guest legal expert on TV and radio news stations including CNN, BBC, NPR, PRI, Tech TV, NHK, DRS, VOA, and CBC. Ms. Gross has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Business Week, Wired News, Associated Press, Reuters, Financial Times, Billboard and other media outlets.

A 1998 graduate of Santa Clara University’s High Technology Law Program, Ms. Gross is licensed to practice law in California.  A Michigan native, she graduated from Michigan State University’s James Madison College in 1995 with degrees in political philosophy and international relations.

Konstantinos Komaitis
Konstantinos KomaitisInternet Policy and Strategy Expert and Author
Konstantinos provides analysis and strategic advice on Internet policy and advocacy, including the promotion of the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.

Konstantinos has extensive experience in Internet policy and governance arrangements. He previously served as the Director of Internet Policy and Strategy for the Internet Society where he led policy development and coordination on issues relating to the digital economy, including access and competition, intellectual property, technology trade, and Internet governance. He also provided direction to the organization’s public policy team to advance the Internet Society’s mission and policies that lead to an open, global and interoperable Internet. Over the past years, Konstantinos has held various leadership roles, including the chair of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency at ICANN and has often provided expert advice on governmental and other fora, having testified before the House of Lords Communications Committee amongst others.

Konstantinos joined the Internet Society after working as a senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. He has a Bachelor’s degree in law from the Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki. He holds two Master’s degrees, respectively, in International and European law (Sheffield) and in Information Technology and Telecommunications law (Strathclyde). He also holds a Doctorate and he is the author of the book “The Current State of Domain Name Regulation”. He is also an arbitrator for the Czech Arbitration Court as well as a TedX speaker.

Konstantinos is based in Geneva.

Allonn E. Levy, Esq.
Allonn E. Levy, Esq.Attorney & Partner at Hopkins Carley
Allonn Levy is a litigator with Hopkins & Carley, Chair of the Appellate Practice, and Co-chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. His practice focuses on complex business litigation, technology law, intellectual property, and appeals.

As one of a select few California State Bar Certified Appellate Specialists, Allonn has actively participated in numerous multi-million dollar trials as well as high-stakes, high-profile technology cases.

Allonn has handled numerous appeals and writ petitions before various State District Courts of Appeal, Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the California Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court.

He is frequently invited to lecture and comment on issues of technology, civil procedure, and intellectual property. Allonn is also an invited guest lecturer for Santa Clara University’s School of Law on issues of Civil Procedure, Trial, and Appellate Practice.

In 2016, Allonn Levy received Santa Clara University School of Law’s inaugural Diversity Award, for his projects seeking to engage traditionally underrepresented groups in the legal profession. He has also served as the Master of Ceremonies for the School’s Diversity Gala, an annual event that the firm regularly supports. He is a past recipient of California Lawyer’s prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” award and was twice acknowledged as one of the top 40 Silicon Valley lawyers under 40.

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Summer 2022 IP Justice Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Interns

Solveig Legoupil
Solveig Legoupil2022 Summer Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; LLM in IP and Technology Law at the University of San Francisco; Master Candidate in Industrial and Artistic Property at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Solveig Legoupil
Solveig graduated this year at the University of San Francisco School of Law from her LLM in IP and Technology Law. She completed her JD at the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne School of Law in 2020. She will complete her Master’s Degree in Industrial and Artistic Property next year in France. Her passion for literature led her to specialize in Intellectual Property. She would like to practice as an attorney in Copyright Law and more specifically within the publishing industry. She will take the French Bar Exam in 2023.

She has several experiences as a legal intern and she had the opportunity to work from May to July 2021 for a French law firm specialized in IP and Technology Law. She has also worked as a legal clinician both in Paris and in San Francisco in Trademark and Copyright Laws. She is convinced that pro bono work is essential in order to favor the access to justice and to make the Law understandable for non-lawyers. She is very excited to add to her experience with clients by participating on projects about policy matters for IP Justice this summer.

Spring-Summer 2022 IP Justice Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Interns

Tanuj Dayal
Tanuj Dayal2022 Spring-Summer Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; Dean's Graduate Scholar & LL.M Public Interest Fellow at New York University School of Law
Tanuj completed his combined B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law University, Delhi in 2019. Thereafter, he joined AZB & Partners, a leading law firm in India, as a Mergers & Acquisition and Private Equity associate. While working on various transactional matters, he realized the pivotal rule intellectual property and technological know-how play in the contemporary market. For this reason, he decided to pursue his LL.M as a Dean’s Graduate Scholar at New York University School of Law in 2021, specializing in intellectual property and technology law. As a legal extern with ArtWorks Legal Incubator, he was involved in advising clients on copyright, trademark, patents, and trade secret matters. He seeks to combine his master’s degree with his prior transactional experience to help people protect their intellectual property and digital rights in the global digital economy.

He was awarded the LL.M Public Interest Fellowship by NYU Law and has joined IP Justice as an intern this Spring to help advance the organization’s mission to advocate for and create awareness about digital rights, internet governance and innovation policy.

Spring 2022 IP Justice Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Interns

Angel Jingwei Li
Angel Jingwei Li2022 Spring Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; JD Candidate at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Growing up between Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, Angel experienced firsthand internet regulations’ influence on human rights. Angel realized how internet freedom shapes diversity when she participated and reported from the Istanbul Pride Parade in Turkey. At UC Berkeley, as the Columnist for Berkeley Political Review, she researched and published articles on technology democratization and combating censorship. She also presented argument in a Neem Tree patenting moot court where she learned about balancing Intellectual Property Rights with sustainable international communities. Before law school, as the Legislation Monitor at OutRight Action International, a leading international LGBT human rights organization, Angel advocated for transgender rights and safety at the historic U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. At UNH Law, she is currently examining privacy rights and blockchain technology for inclusivity as the project coordinator for an Asian American civil rights non-profit. This year, Angel will be representing IP Justice at WIPO, WTO, and USTR processes, making statements and policy recommendations in coalition with other international civil liberties organizations to address Internet policy and intellectual property rights.
Allysa Aguilar
Allysa Aguilar2022 Spring Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; JD Candidate at Santa Clara University School of Law
Alyssa is a second year student at Santa Clara University School of Law and is a High Tech Law Certificate candidate. She received her Bachelor’s degree at UC Irvine in Political Science and is interested in the intersection of technology, politics, and social justice. At Santa Clara, she is the Co-President for the Privacy Law Student Organization, Co-Vice President of the Internet Law Student Organization, and External Vice President for EQSCU, the law school’s LGBTQIA+ student organization. She is also a Fellow at the Internet Law and Policy Foundry,

She has externed in the legal departments of eBay and Amazon Lab126, and was a 1L Summer Associate at Mayer Brown. Her areas of interest include intellectual property, Internet law, privacy, trust and safety, and Section 230. She is enthusiastic about exploring her policy interests by working with IP Justice this Spring and looks forward to advancing the organization’s mission.

Salma Fikrat
Salma Fikrat2022 Spring Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; LLM Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley
Salma completed her JD in Université Paris II Pantheon Assas in France. She pursued a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law and North-American Business Law. In 2019 she worked as a legal trainee at the Allen & Overy branch in Morocco. She also worked as a Corporate MENA legal trainee at the Norton Rose Fulbright branch in Paris from January 2021 to June 2021. She had the opportunity to work as a legal intern within the Atlantech Partners law firm in the IP Department. These experiences helped her realize that she strongly wanted to pursue a law career specializing in IP Law. For this reason, she is currently pursuing a traditional track LL.M. at UC Berkeley. After completing courses in IP Law and Cybersecurity Law, she developed a passionate desire to be an intern within IP Justice organization. She hopes to pursue a career in the areas of Copyright Law. She is excited to be a part of IP Justice this spring semester and join the Volunteer’s team.

Fall 2021 IP Justice Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Interns

Angel Jingwei Li
Angel Jingwei Li2021 Fall Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; JD Candidate at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Growing up between Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, Angel experienced firsthand internet regulations’ influence on human rights. Angel realized how internet freedom shapes diversity when she participated and reported from the Istanbul Pride Parade in Turkey. At UC Berkeley, as the Columnist for Berkeley Political Review, she researched and published articles on technology democratization and combating censorship. She also presented argument in a Neem Tree patenting moot court where she learned about balancing Intellectual Property Rights with sustainable international communities. Before law school, as the Legislation Monitor at OutRight Action International, a leading international LGBT human rights organization, Angel advocated for transgender rights and safety at the historic U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. At UNH Law, she is currently examining privacy rights and blockchain technology for inclusivity as the project coordinator for an Asian American civil rights non-profit. This year, Angel will be representing IP Justice at WIPO, WTO, and USTR processes, making statements and policy recommendations in coalition with other international civil liberties organizations to address Internet policy and intellectual property rights.
Oluwatomilola “Lola” Lanlokun
Oluwatomilola “Lola” Lanlokun2021 Fall Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic Legal Intern; JD Candidate at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
Oluwatomilola “Lola” Lanlokun is a third year law student at the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. Lola is a first generation Nigerian-American, born in Lagos, Nigeria. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018. At her law school, she is an Intellectual Property Certificate candidate for her school’s Law and Technology Institute. As a musician of 15 years, she has developed a strong passion for Intellectual Property and hopes to pursue a career in the areas of copyright and trademark litigation or transactional law. She is excited to be a part of IP Justice this fall and looks forward to helping further the organization’s mission.

Technologist

James Gannon
James GannonTechnologist
Mr. James Gannon is Security and Privacy Practice Lead at Cyber Invasion Ltd, a Security and Risk management consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland. His commercial clients include Fortune 500 companies in Dublin and Los Angeles. He works extensively with non-profits and at risk charities to educate their employees and staff on the ground in the areas of secure communication technologies and operational security matters.

Coming from an engineering background he quickly found his calling working to secure companies operating in the medial and biotech spaces. He has worked extensively with startups based in the US to build security and privacy programs from the ground up. He has extensive background working with regulators including the FDA, IMB and various European medical authorities to bring security to the processes and devices that are used to save lives and help prevent suffering across the world.

Mr. Gannon serves on the advisory board to ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) specializing in the areas of medical device security and industrial control systems and high end manufacturing systems security.

He has recently been working heavily on Internet Governance matters with a focus on Privacy and Security in ICANN as a member of the Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)

IP Justice Advisory Board Members

Eben Moglen
Eben MoglenProfessor of Law & Legal History, Columbia Law School Free Software Foundation Founder and General Counsel
Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Law School. Professor Moglen has represented many of the world’s leading free software developers. Professor Moglen earned his PhD in History and law degree at Yale University during what he sometimes calls his “long, dark period” in New Haven. After law school he clerked for Judge Edward Weinfeld of the United States District Court in New York City and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

He has taught at Columbia Law School since 1987 and has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, Tel Aviv University and the University of Virginia. In 2003 he was given the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award for efforts on behalf of freedom in the electronic society. Professor Moglen is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States Supreme Court.

James Love
James LoveFounder of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
Mr. Love is the Director of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI). Mr. Love is also the U.S. co-chair of the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Intellectual Property Policy Committee. He advises UN agencies, national governments, international and regional intergovernmental organizations and public health NGOs, and is the author of a number of articles and monographs on innovation and intellectual property rights.

In 2006, Knowledge Ecology International received a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. In 2013, Love received the EFF Pioneer Award, to recognize leaders who extend freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology.

Knowledge Ecology International was created in 2006 as a separate entity to carry out work earlier done through the Center for Study of Responsive Law and Essential Information.