Just a quick policy update from Nairobi during Saturday¹s meetings. ICANN Staff is giving a presentation to GNSO members today, regarding several critical policy issues:
a. Trademark protection i. Trademark clearinghouse ii. URS iii. Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (PDDRP) b. Malicious conduct i. Zone file access ii. High security zone TLD c. Economic analysis d. Root Zone scaling
1. EOI status update 2. Resolving outstanding issues 3. Completing the Applicant Guidebook
a. Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedure (RRDRP) b. IDN 3-character requirement c. IDN variants d. Evaluation criteria: benchmarking of registry operations e. Registry agreement i. Vertical integration ii. Process for future amendments
The ICANN staff slide presentation is attached and at http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/nairobi2010/presentation-gnso-gtld-update-06ma r10-en.pdf A transcript will be posted at http://nbo.icann.org/nbo/documents?tid[]=172&tid[]=354 -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482