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[council] New gTLD Program Updates
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- Subject: [council] New gTLD Program Updates
- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:11:50 -0700
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New gTLD Program Updates
10 June 2009
A ICANN offers a set of announcements for public discussion as meeting in
Sydney nears. The announcements include:
New Explanatory Memo for Pre-delegation Testing for New gTLDs
The module 5 of the Draft Applicant Guidebook version 2 available since early
February describes procedures applicable at the concluding stages of the gTLD
application process, more specifically, a pre-delegation test addressing
technical and other requirements the applicant will be asked to fulfill.
ICANN is posting today the Pre-Delegation Testing explanatory
memoranda<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/pre-delegation-testing-08jun09-en.pdf>
[PDF, 108K]. This explanatory memo has been incorporated to the following
currently open public comment forum
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-e-en.htm. The deadline for
comments is 20 July 2009.
The purpose of the pre-delegation technical test is to verify the applicant has
met its commitment to establish registry operations in accordance with ICANN’s
technical and operational criteria described in the Applicant Guidebook. The
checks are also intended to ensure that the applicant can operate the gTLD in a
stable and secure manner. There are three sets of tests or verification: DNS
infrastructure testing and prerequisites, registry system testing and
prerequisites, and an additional requirement to provide for continuity of basic
registry operations.
ICANN encourages comments on the interim language provided. The comments
received will be considered for version 3 of the draft Applicant Guidebook,
scheduled to be published in September 2009.
IRT Report of Trademark Protection in New gTLDs Public Comment Period Extended
The public comments period for the Final Report on Trademark Protection in New
gTLDs<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/irt-final-report-trademark-protection-29may09-en.pdf>
[PDF, 299K] prepared by the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) has been
extended to July 6th, 2009.
Malicious Behavior Overarching Issue
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has provided a working draft of their
comprehensive ongoing study on the topic of potential malicious abuse of the
DNS and new gTLD expansion. The draft report describes several issues and is
available for review on the ICANN New gTLD Overarching Issues
Wiki<https://st.icann.org/new-gtld-overarching-issues/index.cgi>.
Recommended New gTLD Sessions during ICANN Sydney Meeting<http://syd.icann.org>
The ICANN Meeting in Sydney (June 21 – 26) will have several New gTLD program
sessions. The selection below is a recommendation only and we encourage the
ICANN community to see the Sydney schedule for additional details.
21 June 2009
New gTLD Program Updates
This session will provide an overview on the progress being made on the New
gTLD Program. There will be an opportunity for public feedback.
Workshop on Registry-Registrar Cross-Ownership
One of the remaining issues to be resolved with regard to the New gTLD
Applicant Guidebook is what restrictions should be imposed on new gTLD
operators concerning the ownership or control of registrars. This Workshop will
focus on potential harms and benefits associated with vertical integration of
gTLD registries and registrars, and tools ICANN and the community could
consider to attempt to address the issue. The workshop will include
presentations from a panel of economists, plus an opportunity for comments from
interested registries and registrars, other industry stakeholders, and the
public.
New gTLD Program: Managing a Registry: Best Practices
At this session, few Top-Level Domain (TLD) Registry managers will share their
experience discussing the practical aspects of managing a TLD Registry. This
session will cover business, operational and technical aspects of day-to-day
Registry management. Some of the topics covered will be: buy vs build; security
and scalability considerations; channel management; TLD acceptance issues; IDNs
management.
June 24 2009
New gTLD Program – Consultation Session on Trademark Protection & Malicious
Behavior
This session is designed to discuss with the community two of the four
overarching issues identified in the New gTLD Program: (a) trademark
protection; (b) and potential for malicious behavior. This session will be
divided in two parts: (1) Trademark Protection - a panel of experts will
present and discuss with the community several proposed mechanisms for
enhancing protection of intellectual property rights in the New gTLD Program;
(2) Malicious Behavior – a panel of experts will provide the community with an
update of work done to identify and mitigate potential increases in malicious
conduct following the introduction of new gTLDs.
Other New gTLD Related Events
Sydney marks the first of a series of overarching issues consultation sessions
ICANN staff is planning to conduct in June and July. The four overarching
issues that were identified in the first two public comment periods of the
Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) are: Trademark Protection; Malicious Behavior;
Security & Stability; Scale & Demand (the economic impact of the new gTLDs).
Upcoming live consultation sessions will be held in New York (July 13) and
London (July 15).
In addition to the overarching issues consultation sessions described above,
ICANN will also be hosting live outreach/educational events and webinars to
offer an introduction about New gTLDs, give up-to date program developments and
make available relevant ICANN staff for face to face discussions. These events
are designed in a wide range of formats to address different levels of
knowledge.
A pre-registrations page for these events will be made available soon. For
updates, please go to the New gTLD Program
page<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm>.
Resources:
New gTLD Program: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
Overarching Issues Wiki:
https://st.icann.org/new-gtld-overarching-issues/index.cgi?new_gtld_overarching_issues
Sydney Meeting: http://syd.icann.org/
Relevant Open Public Comments:
Trademark Protection (IRT Final Report):
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200906.html#irt-report
Revised Excerpts of New gTLD Applicant Guidebook (DAG):
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-e-en.htm
New GTLDs and the Internet
Openness Change Innovation
After years of discussion and thought, new generic top-level domains (gTLDs)
are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and change to a
global Internet presently served by only 21 generic top-level domain names. As
a not-for profit corporation dedicated to coordinating the Internet's
addressing system, ICANN is not doing this to add to its revenue. An
implementation plan is being developed with opportunities for public comment.
There will be processes for objections. There has also been detailed technical
scrutiny to ensure the Internet's stability and security. There will be an
evaluation fee but it will recover costs only (expenses so far, application
processing and anticipated legal costs).
Promoting competition and choice is one of the principles upon which ICANN was
founded. In a world with 1.5 billion Internet users (and growing), diversity,
choice and innovation are key. The Internet has supported huge increases in
choice, innovation and the competition of ideas, and expanding new gTLDs is an
opportunity for more.
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org
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