[council] ICANN Commends .JOBS Use of Trademark Clearinghouse

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05apr13-en.htm
ICANN Commends .JOBS Use of Trademark Clearinghouse
5 April 2013
Beijing, China... The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
(ICANN) welcomes the decision by. JOBS to use the Trademark Clearinghouse 
database to support a sunrise registration period ahead of its planned open 
registration period to begin later this year.
Established in 2006, .JOBS is uniquely positioned as a TLD Registry Operator 
never to have held a sunrise period prior to launching its initial general 
registration process.
"Later this year and for the first time, .JOBS intends to open up the types of 
names that can be registered. This will allow people around the world to 
register whatever name they choose on a first come, first serve basis, so long 
as the types of registrants and types of registrations are consistent with the 
.JOBS Charter," said Tom Embrescia, Chairman of .JOBS. "As an ICANN authorized 
solution to rights' protections in the New gTLD Program, using the 
Clearinghouse to support .JOBS sunrise registrations is the best approach for 
the registry, as well as for brand holders before .JOBS launches open 
registration."
"We appreciate and support the .JOBS decision to use the Clearinghouse to 
support its upcoming planned sunrise period," said Fadi Chehadé, President and 
CEO of ICANN. "Here we have an opportunity with an existing TLD to learn how 
the Clearinghouse might impact the sunrise registration process. It will give 
us a critical perspective just as New gTLDs are coming online.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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