Flip Petillion, Crowell & Moring LLP
Flip Petillion is a partner in the firm's Brussels office. He is co-chair of the firm’s TLD and Domain Name practice. His practice has been devoted to IP, IT, Media and Communication for almost 25 years, with a heavy emphasis on IP litigation and counseling for corporate clients in industries such as hardware and software developers, film producers and distributors, advertising agencies, architects, authors and performers, financial institutions, insurance companies, automotive businesses, and diamond traders.

Flip is a well recognized arbitrator and panelist with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, which is a specialized agency of the United Nations. He also serves as an arbitrator and panelist with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) and Belgian’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (CEPANI). Flip’s experience in the area of Internet governance and domain names includes a wide range of major matters, such as representing different “gTLDs“ and “ccTlds” on contractual and policy-related issues. Flip has been assisting near to 100 large brand owners in developing both proactive and defensive strategies towards ICANN’s New gTLD Program. Flip is part of WIPO’s roster of panelists available for appointment under the Legal Rights Objection (LRO) procedure to be administered by the WIPO Center as of June 2012.

John L. Murino, Crowell & Moring LLP
John L. Murino is a counsel in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the International Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property groups. John’s practice primarily involves complex civil litigation and international arbitration representing clients in a variety of industries including technology, media, software, securities, mining and manufacturing. He also is active in counseling clients regarding various Internet governance, intellectual property rights, and international business related issues.

John’s recent counseling experience includes advising Internet registry service providers on various issues related to corporate organization, policy implementation, and contract compliance and monitoring; advising corporations in their efforts to apply for, secure, and operate top level domains; and advising corporations with their online intellectual property rights strategies and challenges. John's recent arbitration and litigation experience includes representing an Internet registry services company in a dispute under the ICC Rules of Arbitration against ICANN, arising out of a breach of contract claim involving the sTLD <.jobs>; and representing an Internet registry services company in a dispute under the ICDR International Arbitration Rules against ICANN arising out of ICANN’s improper
refusal to award the sTLD <.xxx>.

Jan Janssen, Crowell & Moring LLP
Jan Janssen is an associate at the Brussels office of Crowell & Moring since 2008. Jan's legal practice focuses on IP and IT. Jan practices in national and international dispute resolution with a special focus on intellectual property and information technology.

Jan’s practice primarily involves complex litigation, (international) arbitrations in a variety of industries including fashion, media, postal services, technology and telecommunications. Jan also provides contractual advice and assists clients in protecting, managing and enforcing their intellectual property rights, including in transactional matters, such as distribution, agency, licensing, technology transfer, software development, outsourcing and service level agreements. Jan has been involved in the assistance of various large brand owners in developing both proactive and defensive strategies towards ICANN’s New gTLD Program. He also has ample experience in trademark and domain name litigation, including UDRP proceedings with WIPO, NAF, CAC and CEPANI. Jan is fluent in English, French and Dutch.