Intellectual Property Attorney and IT Consultant
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Michael Palage is the Chief Trust Officer at InfoNetworks LLC. Michael has been actively involved in Internet Governance and ICT issues over the last twenty years. During this time Michael has been intimately involved in ICANN operational and policy matters in an individual and leadership capacity, including a three-year term on the ICANN Board of Directors. As CEO of Pharos Global, Inc. Michael provided consulting and management services to a wide range of domain name registration authorities. Since co-founding InfoNetworks in 2017, Michael has focused on building online trusted ecosystems incorporating federated verified data. Michael has testified before the United States Congress multiple times and has been an expert witness in both Federal and State courts in numerous legal proceedings.
Michael holds a Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University.
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| 2013 - Apr 23 | on | gTLD Contention Auction in May: Request for Comments |
| 2013 - Apr 23 | on | gTLD Contention Auction in May: Request for Comments |
| 2013 - Jan 10 | on | Rationale for New gTLD Applicant Auctions to Resolve String Contentions |
| 2013 - Jan 10 | on | Rationale for New gTLD Applicant Auctions to Resolve String Contentions |
| 2011 - Dec 01 | on | IANA Checkmate - Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice Shame on Me |
| 2011 - May 02 | on | What ICANN Can Learn from Humpty Dumpty |
| 2011 - May 02 | on | What ICANN Can Learn from Humpty Dumpty |
| 2011 - May 01 | on | What ICANN Can Learn from Humpty Dumpty |
| 2011 - Apr 30 | on | What ICANN Can Learn from Humpty Dumpty |
| 2011 - Mar 15 | on | GAC New gTLD No Fly Zone |
| 2011 - Mar 10 | on | Inquiring About the "Unthinkable" |
| 2011 - Mar 10 | on | Inquiring About the "Unthinkable" |
| 2011 - Feb 23 | on | Missing in Action - ICANN's 2010 Annual Report |
| 2011 - Jan 26 | on | New gTLD Auctions and Potential Unintended Consequences |
| 2011 - Jan 14 | on | Confirmed: Bill Clinton to Address ICANN Meeting in SF |
| 2011 - Jan 14 | on | Confirmed: Bill Clinton to Address ICANN Meeting in SF |
| 2011 - Jan 14 | on | Confirmed: Bill Clinton to Address ICANN Meeting in SF |
| 2011 - Jan 12 | on | Missing in Action - ICANN's 2010 Annual Report |
| 2011 - Jan 12 | on | Missing in Action - ICANN's 2010 Annual Report |
| 2010 - Sep 15 | on | MOPO - The Latest Speed Bump on ICANN's New gTLD Superhighway |
| 2010 - Sep 12 | on | MOPO - The Latest Speed Bump on ICANN's New gTLD Superhighway |
| 2010 - Sep 12 | on | MOPO - The Latest Speed Bump on ICANN's New gTLD Superhighway |
| 2010 - Aug 27 | on | ICANN's Tokyo Meeting Provides a Little More Clarity on the New gTLD Program |
| 2010 - Aug 18 | on | Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction |
| 2010 - Aug 18 | on | Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction |
| 2010 - Jun 13 | on | ICANN May Not Be Perfect, But It Is Working |
| 2010 - Jun 13 | on | ICANN May Not Be Perfect, But It Is Working |
| 2010 - Jun 11 | on | ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn? |
| 2010 - Jun 11 | on | ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn? |
| 2010 - Jun 06 | on | Can ICANN Please Stop Shooting Itself in the Foot? |
| 2010 - May 03 | on | ICANN Documentary Information Disclosure Policy Request |
| 2010 - May 03 | on | ICANN Documentary Information Disclosure Policy Request |
| 2010 - Mar 12 | on | ICANN Board Meeting Spoiler Alert |
| 2010 - Mar 12 | on | ICANN Board Meeting Spoiler Alert |
| 2010 - Mar 12 | on | ICANN Board Meeting Spoiler Alert |
| 2010 - Mar 06 | on | ICANN and Its Responsibilities to the Global Public Interest |
| 2010 - Feb 20 | on | ICANN Openness and Transparency: Actions Speak Louder than Words |
| 2010 - Jan 22 | on | Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal |
| 2009 - Nov 24 | on | New gTLDs: Let the Gaming Begin (Part I - TLD Front Running) |
| 2009 - Nov 17 | on | The ITU and IPv6 Transition: Controversy at the IGF |
| 2009 - Jul 30 | on | Domain Name Registry-Registrar Vertical Separation: The Economic, Anti-Trust Red Herring |
| 2009 - Jul 29 | on | Domain Name Registry-Registrar Vertical Separation: The Economic, Anti-Trust Red Herring |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
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