Public Knowledge President Gigi B. Sohn announced that three winners have been chosen for the 2011 IP3 awards.

This year, the awards will be given Sen. Ron Wyden, Beth Noveck and Peter Jaszi.  Awards are given to individuals who over the past year (or over the course of their careers) have advanced the public interest in one of the three areas of “IP” –Intellectual Property, Information Policy and Internet Protocol. The awards will be presented at a ceremony Oct. 13 in Washington, D.C. (that will also feature a roast of Public Knowledge).

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Public Knowledge hosted its seventh annual IP3 Awards. As one reporter put it, “scads of technology and telecommunications professionals gathered on Capitol Hill” for the event. This year, we had four winners: Pamela Samuelson for her work in Information Policy, Susan Crawford for Internet Protocol, Michael Geist for Intellectual Property, and Nina Paley also for Intellectual Property.

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Public Knowledge President Gigi B. Sohn announced that four winners have been chosen for the 2010 IP3 awards.  In addition, a special President’s Award will also be presented.  The name of that winner has not yet been disclosed.

This year, the awards will be given Pamela Samuelson, Susan Crawford, Michael Geist and Nina Paley.  Awards are given to individuals who over the past year (or over the course of their careers) who have advanced the public interest in one of the three areas of “IP” –Intellectual Property, Information Policy and Internet Protocol. The awards will be presented at a ceremony Oct. 13 in Washington, D.C.

The 2010 IP3 awards are almost upon us and you can help out by making a nomination. (Actually, you can make as many as you like!) Let us know who you think should be honored for their good work in any or all of the “three IPs”: Intellectual Property, Information Policy, and Internet Protocol. The IP3 awards are our way of paying tribute to the thought leaders who inspired us and our supporters during the past year. Help us out by taking a quick minute to tell us who you think deserves an IP3 award this year.

The 2010 IP3 awards are almost upon us and you can help out by making a nomination. Let us know who you think should be honored for their good work in any or all of the “three IPs”: Intellectual Property, Information Policy, and Internet Protocol. The IP3 awards are our way of paying tribute to the thought leaders who inspired us and our supporters during the past year. Help us out by taking a quick minute to tell us who you think deserves an IP3 award this year.

Public Knowledge today put out the call for public nominations for its seventh annual IP3 awards, which honor achievement in Intellectual Property, Internet Protocol and Information Policy.

Winners in 2009 were Karen Jackson, Deputy Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia; Sascha Meinrath, Founder, Open Technology Initiative and Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia.   Sarah Deutsch, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Verizon, won the special President’s Award.  Last year’s awards ceremony was attended by Sen. Mark Warner FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and NTIA Dir. Lawrence Strickling.

Public Knowledge has presented the sixth annual IP3 awards at a ceremony in Washington October 15.

Sarah Deutsch, Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Verizon, won the previously unannounced President’s award. She received the award for extraordinary dedication to protecting the free flow of information over the Internet. Among her many accomplishments, Sarah was a major force in the negotiations around the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, where she helped to ensure that Internet Service Providers obtained safe harbors that shielded them from strict liability for hosting or transmitting infringing material over their networks. She continues to be the most prominent advocate for balanced copyright laws among telecommunications companies.

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