Just a quick policy update from Nairobi during Saturday’s meetings.

ICANN Staff is giving a presentation to GNSO members today, regarding several critical policy issues:
1. EOI status update
2. Resolving outstanding 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 scali
ng
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-06mar10-en.pdf

A transcript will be posted at http://nbo.icann.org/nbo/documents?tid[]=172&tid[]=354

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Steve DelBianco
Executive Director
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