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From: ICANN News Alert
[mailto:communications@icann.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:42 AM
To: icann@rodenbaugh.com
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- New gTLD Program Makes Available New
Documents for Community Discussion
News Alert
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-15feb10-en.htm
New gTLD Program Makes Available New Documents for
Community Discussion
15
February 2010
ICANN is publishing today
several materials related to the New gTLD Program. These materials have been
grouped below in categories to facilitate understanding.
Highlight: The Board plans to
decide whether to conduct an Expressions of Interest (EOI) exercise for new
gTLDs at the ICANN Meeting in Nairobi. The
Board and the community will have the opportunity to discuss the Expressions of
Interest and Pre-Registrations model, which takes into account the community
feedback during the two recent public comment periods. Besides the background
information and description of the current proposed model, the Explanatory Memo
also presents some discussion points about costs and other implementation
aspects. You can download here
[PDF, 1.26 MB] the current Explanatory Memo – Discussion of the Expressions of
Interest (EOI)/Pre-Registration Process Model.
Below is a list and direct
link to the new Public Forum. All open 15 February 2010 and close on 1 April
2010.
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Document |
Redline |
Topic |
Direct link
to Public Forum |
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TRADEMARK
& COMMUNITY PROTECTIONS |
Uniform
Rapid Suspension (URS) [PDF, 128 KB] |
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[PDF, 181 KB] |
The URS is one of the proposed mechanisms to address trademark protection
concerns – one of the open issues being addressed by staff and community
experts. The Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Procedure describes an
expedited process to provide trademark holders with a rapid take-down in
clear cut instances of trademark abuse. The URS procedure is expected
to provide trademark holders with a new, cost effective remedy in addition to
those available under the UDRP and applicable law. |
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TM
Clearinghouse [PDF, 153 KB] |
redline
[PDF, 124 KB] |
The trademark clearinghouse is one of the proposed
mechanisms to address trademark protection concerns – one of the open issues
being addressed by staff and community experts. The Trademark
Clearinghouse Model describes a proposal for a central repository of
authenticated trademark information for use by registries to support their
sunrise or trademark claims processes. This Model is designed to introduce
efficiencies into the pre-launch processes for trademark holders and new gTLD
registries. |
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Post
Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (PPDRP) [PDF, 65 KB] |
redline
[PDF, 105 KB] |
The Trademark PPDRP is one of the proposed mechanisms to address trademark
protection concerns – one of the open issues being addressed by staff and
community experts. This post delegation procedure should only afford trademark
holders the right to proceed against registry operators who have acted in bad
faith, with the intent to profit from the systemic registration of infringing
domain names (or systemic cybersquatting) or who have otherwise set out to
use the gTLD for an improper purpose. |
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Registry
Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedure (RRDRP) [PDF, 61 KB] |
redline
[PDF, 69 KB] |
The RRDRP is one of the proposed mechanisms to address
post delegation concerns. The purpose of the RRDRP is to handle complaints
from a harmed organization or individual alleging that a community-based
restricted gTLD registry operator was not meeting its obligations to police
the registration and use of domains within the restrictions stated in the terms
of the gTLD registry agreement. |
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IDN ISSUES |
IDN
3 Character [PDF, 148 KB] |
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This document is a follow-up to the independent
Implementation Working team’s recommendation on IDN string
requirements. The previous requirement for at least three characters in
all gTLD strings was considered problematic for some languages, and the team
released a recommendation to relax the requirement in some cases. An
excerpt of guidebook text is included to help inform the discussion. |
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IDN
Variants [PDF, 160 KB] |
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An independent Implementation Working team has proposed an
approach to IDN variant management at the top level. Language
communities that use variant characters are affected by the management and
implementation of variants in new TLDs . An excerpt of guidebook text
is included to help inform the discussion. |
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REGISTRY
OPERATIONS & AGREEMENT |
Bench
Marking of Registry Operations [PDF, 648 KB] |
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An exercise to gather industry data on registry operations
was undertaken as part of the ongoing implementation of the evaluation
criteria and procedures for the New gTLD Program. This took the form of
a study including analysis of public industry information and data collected
through a survey of existing registry operators. |
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Process
for gTLD Registry Agreement Amendment [PDF, 129 KB] |
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An update on discussions concerning the process for future amendments to
the registry agreements for new gTLDs. The paper outlines and seeks comment
on several possible amendment process models, including a model recently
proposed by the GNSO's Registry Stakeholder Group. |
Public Comment
Summaries and Analyses
After each public comment
forum closes, a summary and analysis in response to the general public is
usually published. Below is a list of summary analysis regarding New gTLD
Program related public forums recently closed.
Other Open Issues
Malicious Conduct
As a component of activities
that ICANN has initiated to reduce malicious conduct activities in new gTLDs,
ICANN has created an initiative called the High Security Zone Top Level Domain ("HSTLD")
Advisory Group. This group brings together community representatives to
evaluate the viability of a voluntary program, supporting control standards and
incentives that could potentially be adopted to provide an enhanced level of
trust and security over the baseline registration-authority controls. A concept
paper was published as a component of the new gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook
version 3 and can be referenced on the following link: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/high-security-zone-verification-04oct09-en.pdf
[PDF, 214 KB]
The HSLTD Advisory Group
continues to work on the concept of a voluntary HSTLD program. Relevant next
steps include a review and approval working draft material and work on controls
necessary to support the HSTLD purpose, goals and principles.
Also part of addressing
malicious conduct concerns is the creation of another advisory group addressing
Zone File Access.
The group was formed to study and discuss (benefits and methods) to effectively
and efficiently enhance access to zone file information (anticipating an
environment with many gTLDs). Details of this groups work can be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zone-file-access-en.htm.
Updated documentation on the
malicious conduct work will be available prior to the Nairobi Meeting.
Market/Economic Analysis
Additional economic analysis
is being undertaken. ICANN has contracted to retain the services with Greg
Rosston of Stanford University and Michael Katz of University of California
Berkeley, both in the United States. The work will be done in a three-phase
project plan with the initial reports expected to be released in mid March and
the second early June. During the first phase, the economists will survey
published studies and resources that describe the potential impacts of new gTLD
introduction; examine theoretical arguments about benefits and costs of
increased gTLDs; consider and propose empirical studies to identify areas where
additional work can serve to assess costs and benefits. A verbal report on
results will be presented during the ICANN
Nairobi Meeting.
Vertical Integration (aka
Registry/Registrar Separation)
Based on debates on the
subject held at the ICANN meetings in Seoul, discussion during the consultation
with certain community representatives held on 7 January 2010 in Washington
D.C., and ongoing study, ICANN will propose for community comment a new
registry-registrar separation model for inclusion in the next draft of the gTLD
agreement. Additionally, theBoard and community members will be discussing the
issue in Nairobi.
Root Scaling
Staff anticipates a report
from SSAC and RSSAC soon. Also, four demand scenarios for application volumes
have been modeled: below expected, expected, above expected and significantly
above expected. For each demand scenario, there's an assumption that only a
fraction of the applications will lead to delegations, and that the processing
time for the successful applications will be spread out. If there are more
than, say, 500 applications, the processing will be batched further spreading out
the delegation rates. These models will be published before the Nairobi
meeting.
Upcoming Critical
Program Meetings
During the ICANN Meeting in Nairobi, staff will hold
several New gTLD sessions, including:
- Program
update and a panel discussion regarding the Expressions of Interest and
Pre-Registrations proposed process;
- Trademark
Protection;
- High
Security Top-Level Domains (HSTLD) & Zone File Access Advisory Group
Meetings;
- New
gTLD introduction session for new comers.
The Draft Applicant Guidebook, Version
4 is expected to be published prior to the ICANN Brussels Meeting (20-25 June
2010).
Related Resources:
- New
gTLD Program: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
- Additional
information about the HSTLD program, the HSTLD AG and recordings of the
HSTLD AG meetings can be accessed at the following link: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/hstld-program-en.htm
- Draft
Applicant Guidebook, Version 3 [PDF, 1.5 MB]
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