Dear Colleagues (apologies for potential cross-posting but we want to make sure to get the message out)

We are very pleased to inform you about the launch of the Geneva Internet Dispute Resolution Policies 1.0 (GIDRP 1.0) project: www.geneva-internet-disputes.ch.

The GIDRP 1.0 project has emerged as a result of an international conference that took place at the University of Geneva on 17 - 18 June 2015, at which experts presented and discussed selected facets of the numerous legal challenges surrounding Internet-related disputes (www.internet-disputes.ch).

In the months following the conference, a team of researchers from the University of Geneva took up the mission to draft policy proposals on the following four issues:

- Which national courts shall have jurisdiction in Internet-related disputes  ?

- How to structure an alternative dispute resolution system for Internet-related disputes  ?

- How shall disputes about the licensing of Standard Essential Patents (SEP) under Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms be solved?

- How shall immunities apply on the Internet?

The GIDRP 1.0 is a digital policy project: it is not carved in stone and is not even materialized in any paper publication. The reason for this is that the GIDRP 1.0 is conceived as a work in progress (more precisely: a policy work in progress), that must be discussed, criticized and improved by a process of broad consultation and inclusive participation.

On this basis, we invite you to visit the GIDRP 1.0 website in order to read, comment and/or endorse the GIDRP 1.0. Please contact us at gidrp@unige.ch if you have an interest in participating in the next steps of the project which may materialize in GIDRP 2.0.

Happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year

Best regards

Jacques de Werra (project coordinator)