About Doug Isenberg

Doug Isenberg, an attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm, is a recognized leader on Internet law, a domain name arbitrator and an adjunct professor of computer and cyberspace law. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has called him an “international authority on Internet law.”

Isenberg has worked with clients on domain name transactions and disputes since 1996 and today represents some of the world’s largest and best-known brands with respect to their Internet legal matters. He also serves as a domain name panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Czech Arbitration Court.

In addition to practicing law and teaching, Isenberg is the publisher of the award-winning website GigaLaw.com. And his book, The GigaLaw Guide to Internet Law (published by Random House) has been praised as “well worth the time to read” by Vint Cerf, one of the widely recognized “fathers of the Internet.” He also wrote a special report titled “The Internet, Copyright, and You,” for The 2002 World Book Year Book.

Isenberg has been a frequent commentator on technology law, including on-air analysis for CNN and CNN Headline News. He has also been quoted on issues relating to Internet law by the mainstream, computing and legal media, including PC Magazine, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, the ABA Journal, Wired News, Business 2.0, ZDNet, Village Voice and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Isenberg has also held numerous civic and professional leadership positions; during his tenure (2005-06) as chair of the of the State Bar of Georgia’s Intellectual Property Law Section, the group won a “Section of the Year Award” for service to its 900 members.

Prior to launching The GigaLaw Firm, Isenberg practiced law at a large firm, at a medium-sized intellectual property firm and as in-house counsel for an international marketing company. He is the founder of two Internet companies and, before practicing law, was a newspaper reporter and magazine editor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis and a juris doctorate, cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law, where he served as the associate editor for lead articles for the college’s Law Review and received a first-place prize at the law school for his entry in ASCAP’s Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, “Pirates on the Cyberspace Seas: Criminal Copyright Infringement of Computer Software.”

Legal and Business Experience

Current:

• Founder, The GigaLaw Firm
• Adjunct Professor of Computer and Cyberspace Law, Georgia State University College of Law
• Domain Name Panelist, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Domain Name Panelist, Czech Arbitration Court (CAC)
• Founder and Publisher, GigaLaw.com
• Co-Founder and President, cc:Clients

Previous:

• Of Counsel, Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.
• Associate, Alston & Bird LLP
• Manager, Legal Affairs, Meridian Management SA
• Associate Editor, Business Atlanta magazine
• Reporter, Gwinnett (Ga.) Daily News

Legal Publications, Speeches & Media Appearances (Selected)

• Author, The GigaLaw Guide to Internet Law, a full-length book published by Random House, October 2002
• Author, “The Internet, Copyright, and You,” The 2002 World Book Year Book
• Contributor (on-air), CNN and CNN Headline News (technology legal news), December 2002-present
• Occasional columnist (Internet legal issues), The Wall Street Journal Online, CNET News.com and Internet World magazine
  
  
• Speaker,“Social Media and Intellectual Property,” at The University of Georgia’s annual “CONNECT: Public Relations & Social Media Conference,” September 20, 2008
• Presenter, webinar with Cyveillance, “Protecting your online brand through aggressive domain name management,” May 21, 2008
• Presenter, Strafford telephone conference, “From Domain Tasting to Cybersquatting,” May 20, 2008
• Speaker, SpringPosium (Young Harris, Ga.), “Developments in Technology and Internet Law,” May 2, 2008
• Author, State Bar of Georgia’s Intellectual Property Law Section newsletter, “Domain Name Disputes: Trademark Owners Face Record Problems,” February 12, 2008
• Moderator, panel on “Brand Enforcement Best Practices” at MarkMonitor's Insider Forum Conference in Washington, D.C., November 13, 2007
• Moderator, Law Review symposium on “Intellectual Property Law for the Global Marketplace” at Georgia State University College of Law, March 23, 2007
• Moderator, “Online Advertising and Trademark Disputes,” at Georgia State University College of Law, February 1, 2007
• Speaker, annual Southeastern Intellectual Property Law Institute (Cancun, Mexico), “Current Events in Domain Name Disputes,” November 3, 2006
• Speaker, Anti-Defamation League’s National Meeting in Atlanta, “Terrorists and Hate Groups on the Internet: What Should Be Done?”, October 26, 2006
• Co-presenter “Remedies for Dealing With Online Abuse” at the MarkMonitor Insider Forum in Chicago, October 12, 2006
• Speaker, SpringPosium (Young Harris, Ga.), “Internet Law Update,” April 28, 2006
• Panelist, “Copyright Law and Media Distribution on the Internet,” Georgia State University College of Law, April 13, 2006
• Panelist, “Current Trends in Domain Name Disputes” and “Evaluating When to File a UDRP,” Domain Roundtable conference, Seattle, April 19-20, 2006
• Speaker, “Current and Emerging Internet Law Issues,” Information Systems Security Association, Metro Atlanta Chapter, March 29, 2006
• Panelist, “Update on Internet Domain Name Dispute Proceedings,” State Bar of Georgia, October 25, 2005
• Chair, Intellectual Property Law Institute (San Juan, Puerto Rico), November 10-14, 2005
• Participant, Lawcast recording on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, September 26, 2005
• Co-Chair, “Complex IP Licensing Issues,” Law Seminars International, Atlanta, June 22, 2005
• Panelist, “Proactive vs Reactive IP Strategy,” Domain Roundtable, Seattle, May 27, 2005
• Moderator, Atlanta Security Summit, Georgia Tech, January 2005
• Moderator, “Online Advertiser Beware: Pop-ups, Keyword Bidding and the Law,” State Bar of Georgia, December 2004
• Moderator, “Technology and Intellectual Property,” Intellectual Property Law Institute, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, November 2004
• Speaker, Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum, “Intellectual Property Issues in Online Advertising,” April 2004
• Moderator, “Technology Trends in Intellectual Property Law,” Intellectual Property Law Institute, Montego Bay, Jamaica, November 2003
• Speaker, “Internet Licensing Issues,” Technology Law Institute, Atlanta, October 2003
• Speaker and Author, “Trademarks and the Internet,” PLI Basic Trademark Program, October 2003, Atlanta
• Instructor, “Legal Research on the Internet,” Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education at the University of Alabama School of Law, May 2003
• Speaker and Author, “Electronic Contracting and Electronic Signatures,” EC Day (sponsored by Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum and Georgia Electronic Commerce Association), May 2003, Atlanta
• Panelist, Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law, MBA program, Goizueta Business School at Emory University, February 2003
• Moderator, “Today’s Internet Law for Entertainment, Sports and Intellectual Property Attorneys,” Intellectual Property Law Institute, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, November 2002
• Speaker and Author, “Key Recent Developments in Technology Law,” Technology Law Institute, Atlanta, October 2002
• Speaker and Author, “Fundamentals of Trademark and Copyright Law on the Internet,” State Bar of Georgia Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida, June 2002
• Panelist, “Just When, Exactly, is it Spam? (And When is it Okay?),” Politics Online Conference (sponsored by the Democracy Online Project at George Washington University), Washington, D.C., May 2002
• Author, “Court ruling could spell the end of untamed Web,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (op-ed), May 15, 2002
• Speaker, “Conducting a Web Site Legal Audit,” IQPC, London, May 2001
• Speaker and Author, “A Legal Analysis of Napster’s Future,” Intellectual Property Law Institute, Los Suenos, Costa Rica, October 2000
• Author, “Bush, Gore offer few Net ideas,” USA Today (op-ed), October 25, 2000
• Author, “Proposed Restrictions on Internet Content May Affect Webmasters’ Business,” WebMastering.Net, February 1999
• Speaker and Author, “Recent Developments in Internet Law,” Intellectual Property Law Institute, Brasstown Valley, Georgia, November 1998
• Speaker, “Legal Connections Series: Intellectual Property,” Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, April 1998
• Speaker and Organizer, “Covering Your Intellectual Assets: A How-To for New Media Professionals,” Webmasters of Atlanta, April 1998
• Instructor, Continuing Legal Education, “Legal Research on the Internet,” Georgia State University Division of Continuing Education, 1998-2000
• Author, “Improper Use of ‘Meta Tags’ on Web Pages May Cause Trademark Infringement and Dilution,” Boardwatch Magazine, February 1998
• Author, “Digital Watermarks: New Tools for Copyright Owners and Webmasters,” WebReference.com, January 20, 1998
• Co-Author, “Georgia’s New Anti-SLAPP Statute: Protecting the Right of Free Speech Against Meritless Claims,” 2 GA. B. J. No. 6 (June 1997), p. 26. (Cited in Chatham Orthopaedic Surgery Center v. Ga. Alliance of Community Hospitals, 585 S.E.2d 700 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003), Denton v. Browns Mill Development Co., 561 S.E.2d 431 (Ga. 2002), Davis v. Emmis Publ'g Corp., 536 S.E.2d 809 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000), Providence Construction Co. v. Bauer, 494 S.E.2d 527 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997))
• Co-Author, “Who Registered YOUR-MARK.COM?” Southeastern Intellectual Property Newsletter, May 1997 (Reprinted in Corporate Counsel/Intellectual Property Outlook, Fall 1997)
• Co-Author, “The Latest News on Domain Names and Trademarks,” Alston & Bird Intellectual Property and Technology Review, Spring 1997

Education

• Juris Doctor, cum laude, Georgia State University College of Law (1996)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis (1990)

Civic and Professional Activities

• Chair (2005-06), Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
• Founding Member, Intellectual Property Advisory Board, Georgia State University College of Law
• Board of Trustees, Temple Sinai (Atlanta), 2002-04
• Board of Trustees, Anti-Defamation League, Southeast Region, 2002-present
• “Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star,” Law & Politics (published in Atlanta magazine), October 2005
• One of “Seven Rising Stars,” Atlanta Jewish Life magazine, November/December 2002

Contact Information

To contact Doug Isenberg at The GigaLaw Firm, visit the “Contact Us” web page.