 | ICANN’s Proposed EOI Likely to Limit the Number of New gTLDs
Thinking about applying for a new generic top level domain? Then ante up $55,000 for the right to file an application.
That’s the heart of a tentative proposal for an Expressions of Interest (EOI) procedure for new gTLDs released on December 18th by ICANN for public comment by January 27, 2010 (see
In a nutshell, the proposal is:
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| Internet Commerce Association - Monday, December 28, 2009 - 10:35 |
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| ICA Implores ICANN to Halt CAC’s Proposed Perversion of UDRP Provider Supplemental Rules
Following up on its November 30th letter to Chairman Thrush and President Beckstrom, on December 11th the ICA filed a formal comment requesting that ICANN block the CAC’s blatant attempt to encourage forum shopping and reverse domain hijacking by enticing complainants with a faster and cheaper UDRP that gives short shrift to registr...
| Internet Commerce Association - Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 18:7 |
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| ICA Asks ICANN To Enjoin the WIPO and CAC Expedited UDRP Proposals
You’ve heard about the URS, but what about the URT – Universal Rapid Transfer? WIPO and CAC have proposed to implement separate versions of URT by unilateral revision of their supplemental UDRP rules. In response, ICA has just asked ICANN to halt these fast track plans in their tracks pending full policy review by the GNSO and ICANN...
| Internet Commerce Association - Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 19:37 |
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| ICA Files Comments on Version 3 of New gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook
Sunday, November 22nd, was the filing deadline for comments on the third version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) for new gTLDs, so ICA and many others dutifully submitted further input on this latest iteration of the proposed rules of this new game. IT seems that the opening date for acceptance of applications for new gTLDs re...
| Internet Commerce Association - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 11:37 |
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| Registrant UDRP Rights – On A Fast Track To Dilution?
Just as we were completing our analysis and preparing a response to
WIPO’s announcement that it intends to propose a fast track version of
the UDRP before year’s end and implement that expedited procedure in
the first quarter of 2010, comes an announcement from ICANN that the
Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) has proposed its own ver...
| Internet Commerce Association - Friday, November 13, 2009 - 17:18 |
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| ICA Giving Intense Scrutiny to WIPO “Fast Track” UDRP Proposal
On Monday, November 3rd it became public knowledge that WIPO intends to propose a “fast track” UDRP process before the end of 2009. Following a 30-day public comment period, WIPO expects to implement the new process in the first quarter of 2010.
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| Internet Commerce Association - Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 11:16 |
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| ICA on the Record at ICANN-Seoul
ICA Counsel Philip Corwin attended the final ICANN meeting of 2009 held in Seoul, South Korea from October 24-30 to represent and speak for the interests of ICA members.
On Thursday, October 29th the ICANN Board conducted its regular Public Forum, at which meeting participants can address their questions and concerns directly to Boar...
| Internet Commerce Association - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 19:30 |
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| ICANN-Seoul Gets Very Mixed Messages on Pace and Particulars of New gTLD Process
Slow down or speed up? It depends on who you ask. ICANN’s ongoing meeting in Seoul has heard very different opinions on whether new gTLDs are ready for prime time. But the real world bottom line seems to be that the application window will not be opening until fall 2010 at the earliest, and that no new gTLDs will be up and running ...
| Internet Commerce Association - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:48 |
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| GNSO Grapples with ICANN Board’s Charge on Trademark Protections
Has ICANN's Board assigned its policy-making GNSO Council an impossible task in directing it to attempt to reach consensus on alternatives to the staff “assimilation” of the IRT recommendations regarding the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) and Trademark Clearinghouse proposals? (See for background on that request.) That question was...
| Internet Commerce Association - Monday, October 26, 2009 - 12:29 |
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| ICANN Board Requests Expedited GNSO Feedback on IPC and URS
We recently noted (see that the third version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) for new gTLDs did not contain the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy and several other trademark protection mechanisms proposed by the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) but instead left the final decision on these matters to ICANN’s Board, ...
| Internet Commerce Association - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 11:44 |
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| ICANN Releases DAGv3 – Board to Decide on TM Protections After November Launch of IDN ccTLDs
As anticipated, ICANN has just released the third version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) for new generic top level domains (gTLDs). The DAG has been revised in more than 50 areas, so we will be combing through it to fully understand its potential impact on the domain investment community. (DAGv3 available at more
| Internet Commerce Association - Monday, October 5, 2009 - 10:16 |
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| ICANN Technical Study Suggests Delaying New gTLD Introduction Until 2011-12
ICANN has taken considerable heat from many parties that it has yet to produce a convincing economic study detailing the market demand and viability of new generic top level domains (gTLDs). But a recently issued, ICANN-funded technical study makes a strong case for delaying the introduction of new gTLDs and other root zone changes ...
| Internet Commerce Association - Friday, October 2, 2009 - 13:14 |
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| Domainers Win A Round As ICANN Reveals That URS Will Not Be In DAGv3
Domain investors can breathe at least a temporary sigh of relief following Wednesday’s revelation that the much feared and reviled Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy will not be included in the third version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) for new gTLDs to be released by ICANN in the first week of October. The disclosure ca...
| Internet Commerce Association - Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 15:46 |
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| ICA Declines to Sign On To ‘Full Speed Ahead’ With New gTLDs Letter
A diverse group has just sent a letter ( to ICANN’s top executives and Board in which they “urge you to direct ICANN staff to implement ICANN’s plan to introduce new top-level domains without further delay”.
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| Internet Commerce Association - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 16:24 |
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| Congress to Beckstrom: Congratulations! Now Answer Our Questions!
On September 15th two senior Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith and Howard Coble, dispatched a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. The letter (text here) starts with a hearty congratulation, but by the second paragraph it is raising concerns over the proposed rollout of new gTLDs and the potential expirat...
| Internet Commerce Association - Friday, September 18, 2009 - 13:17 |
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| Two and a Half Cheers for ICANN
ICA members and others familiar with our work know that we have no hesitancy taking ICANN to task when we have serious problems with its policy or procedures. That’s part of our job of being a vigorous advocate for the domain name investment and development industry given the huge impact that ICANN decisions can have on the fundamen...
| Internet Commerce Association - Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:17 |
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| ICA on the Record at ICANN Sydney
The dog days of August are providing a welcome respite from what has been an incredibly busy year at ICANN and in Washington, as well as a chance to catch up and attend to things we’ve been meaning to get to as soon as soon as the crisis de jour was dealt with.
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| Internet Commerce Association - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:14 |
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