A Mexican Intellectual
Property (IP) attorney, Mr. León Felipe
Sánchez Ambía, has been selected by the At-Large Community (ALAC)
as the successor of Rinalia Abdul Rahm to serve in the board of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) beginning November 2017, reports
ITRealms.
Chairman of the Board
Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC), Tijani Ben Jemaa, disclosed this,
saying that with this development is the final election result of ICANN Board
Director (Seat #15) selected by the At-Large Community.
He also said that this
came after rigorous six months of efforts, which saw the At-Large Community
successfully concluded its ICANN Board Director selection process.
He also said Leon
Ambia will begin his three-year term as an ICANN Board Director at the end of
ICANN60 (3 November 2017).
ITRealms equally reports that the selection process began in September
2016, with the formation of two committees tasked with
managing the timeline, calling for and evaluating the candidates, and
organizing the final election.
According to Jemaa, among
the six individuals who submitted Expressions of Interest for the position,
Alan Greenberg and León Felipe Sánchez Ambía were chosen as the finalists. Before the election
took place, the At-Large Community enjoyed ample opportunities to ask questions
to the finalists verbally and in writing in order to make
an informed choice. At-Large Structures also participated in the final election by directing
the votes of Regional At-Large Organization Chairs.
Responding, León Felipe Sánchez
Ambía appreciated all the At-Large
community, the RALOs, the ALAC, the BMSPC, the BCEC and the At-Large Support
Staff for the work, openness and support throughout the process.
“It is a privilege and a
honor to be able to serve our community. I am very grateful to have this
opportunity,” he said.
ITRealms recalls that León Felipe Sánchez Ambía is an intellectual
property attorney graduated from the the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México (UNAM). He also has completed postgraduate studies on intellectual
property at the UNAM and on Internet Law at Harvard Law School.
Since 2006 he has been
partner at Fulton & Fulton, a law firm specialized in intellectual property
and IT law based in Mexico City, and is head of the Intellectual Property
division.
In 2008 he was
admitted as professor on Intellectual Property at the UNAM Law School.
He is co-lead for the
Mexican chapter of Creative Commons and advisor to different Government bodies
that include the Digital Strategy Coordination Office of the Mexican
Presidency, the Special Commission on Digital Agenda and IT of the Mexican
House of Representatives and the Science and Technology Commission of the
Mexican Senate.
He drafted the
Internet Users Rights Protection Act for Mexico and has been very active on
issues like Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA), Stop Online Privacy Act
(SOPA), Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and other local initiatives
of the same kind, always advocating to defend users’ and creators’ rights in
order to achieve a balance between regulation and freedom.
He currently serves as
the ALAC Vice-Chair in ICANN and Co-Chair of the CCWG on Accountability where
he has been deeply involved with the IANA transition.
Nonye Dom/GEE
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