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Showing posts with label dag. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Final (but "final final") Applicant Guidebook is out today

Apparently, this is the one !

ICANN created an entire new web site for new gTLD applicants and it is available here

Just a little bit of history :
  1. Final applicant guidebook, version 8 ;
  2. May 2011 : New gTLD Applicant Guidebook, version 7 ;
  3. April 2011 : Applicant Guidebook - Discussion Draft, version 6 ;
  4. November 2010 : Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook, version 5 ;
  5. May 2010 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 4 ;
  6. October 2009 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 3 ;
    (May 2009 : Excerpts Organized Per Module), version 2.5 ;-)
  7. February 2009 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 2 ;
  8. Octiber 2008 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 1.
You can also read the latest fact sheet about new generic Top-Level Domains

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Oups, sorry I forgot : DAGv7

This version 7 of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) is not open to public comments and could be finalized in June 20 or 21.

http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-7-en.htm

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Créer le .VIN : en quoi cela consiste t-il ?

Tout comme de plus en plus de villes y songent, créer l'extension Internet .VIN , .WINE ou .VINO consiste à répondre aux 50 questions d'un questionnaire à la fois technique, juridique, financier et organisationnel qu'il est encore possible de commenter (en français) avant sa parution finale.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Changes I noticed from DAGv5 to DAGv6

1.1.2.1 Application submission period
The application submission period is expected to last for 60 days.

1.1.2.2 Administrative Completeness Check
ICANN will post the public portions of all applications considered complete and ready for evaluation within two weeks of the close of the application submission period.

1.1.2.3 Comment Period
Comments received within a 60 day period from the posting of the application materials will be available to the evaluation panels performing the Initial Evaluation reviews.

Comments received after the 60 day period will be stored and available for other considerations, such as the dispute resolution process.

1.1.2.4 GAG early warning
Concurrent with the 60 day comment period, ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) may issue a GAC Early Warning notice concerning an application.

1.1.2.6 Objection filling
The objection filing period will open after ICANN posts the list of complete applications as described in subsection 1.1.2.2, and will last for approximately 7 months (INSTEAD OF 5 ½).

1.1.3 Lyfecycle timelines
Based on the estimates for each stage described in this section, the lifecycle for a straightforward application could be approximately 9 months (INSTEAD OF 8).

The lifecycle for a highly complex application could be much longer, such as 20 months (INSTEAD OF 19).

1.2.2 Required documents (Community endorsements)
Written endorsements from individuals need not be submitted with the application, but may be submitted in the application comment forum.

1.5.1 gTLD Evaluation fee
Refund available to applicant: 80% within 21 days of a GAC Early Warning: USD 148,000 can be recovered

Attachment to module 2 III 18 c IV
Will you impose any constraints on parked sites, or sites that offer only advertising?

Demonstration of Financial Capability (Question 45)
The financial statements should be for the legal entity listed as the applicant, not a partner or parent company. Notes to the financial statements and annual reports or equivalent will not be reviewed.

TRADEMARK CLEARINGHOUSE

6 Trademark Claims
6.1.1 New gTLD Registry Operators must provide Trademark Claims services during an initial launch period for marks in the Trademark Clearinghouse. This launch period must occur for at least the first 60 days that registration is open for general registration.

8 Cost of Clearinghouse
Trademark holders will pay to register the Clearinghouse, and registries will pay for Trademark Claims and Sunrise services. Registrars and others who avail themselves of Clearinghouse services will pay the Clearinghouse directly.

URS - 9 Determination
9.6 To conduct URS proceedings on an expedited basis, examination should begin immediately upon the earlier of the expiration of a fourteen (14) day (INSTEAD OF 20) Response period, (or extended period if granted), or upon the submission of the Response. A Determination shall be rendered on an expedited basis, with the stated goal that it be rendered within three (3) business days from when Examination began.
Absent extraordinary circumstances, however, Determinations must be issued no later
than five (5) days after the Response is filed (INSTEAD of 14).

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Draft Applicant Guidebook version 6

This guidebook is open for comments during 30 days.

To participate, use the  "comment" links

Thursday, April 7, 2011

There will be no www.france.BRAND

If you are thinking of a www.germany.brand or a www.españa.brand ? Well…think twice.

Large corporations see in new generic Top-Level Domains a good way to kill cybersquatting of their domain names in the next 5 to 10 years. Once used to it, users and future generations may remember that a domain name for a company like HITACHI ends in .HITACHI instead of .COM (or .JP).

Acquiring its domain for a brand is interesting because it guarantees you won’t have to fight and waste time to acquire a domain name : you own all of them from the beginning and you need no one’s permission to register a whatever.brand.
Also, there won’t be a need anymore to register your brand’s country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) in the country where you are located (ex : whatever.fr for France, whatever.us for the Unites States of America, etc…)
Yes : all domain will be yours when you acquire your own Top-Level Domain.

At least, it is what brands think but it is not true : registering a italiy.brand will just not be allowed.

According to specification 5 of the new gTLD agreement, “the country and territory names contained in the following internationally recognized lists shall be initially reserved at the second level and at all other levels”. It simply means that country and territory names will not be available for registration in all new domain name’s extensions.

Recognized lists are :

  • The English short form of all country and territory names contained on the ISO 3166-1 list ;
  • The table of country names from the technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names maintained by the United Nations group of experts on geographical names (page 185) ;
  • The list of United Nations member states in 6 official United Nations languages prepared by the working group on country names of the United Nations’ conference on the standardization of geographical names.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

.IDEA Top-Level Domain ? Bad idea.

Since the Icann draft applicant guidebook became a sort of bible, I tend to read it and read it again.

Yesterday, taking a look at the “Legal Rights Objection” (3.2.2.2) I read : “An intergovernmental organization (IGO) is eligible to file a legal rights objection if it meets the criteria for registration of a .INT domain name”.

Taking a look at registered .INT domain names, I found basel.int. The know .BASEL TLD project listed on Registries.tel could have the “Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal” to object its application on the legal right objection ground.

It is possible some brands will apply for a 3 or 4 characters’ string. Prior to doing this I would check carefully .INT domain names before doing so. Some ways to do this :

Check WIKIPEDIA’s list of organizations with .INT domain names;
Use Google’s advanced search within “a domain” with nothing in the search’s field;
Enter your string and add .int in any browser.

Nb : “IDEA” stands for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (web site).

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Comment et quand lancer le .WINE ?

Conformément à la récente information publiée par l'organisme de gouvernance des noms de domaine - l' ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) - la prochaine (et probable) dernière version du manuel du candidat sera mise à disposition du public le 14 avril 2011.

Il s'agit de la méthodologie qui permet de déposer un dossier de candidature pour prétendre à gérer une extension Internet telle que le .WINE.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Next Applicant Guidebook : 14 april 2011

  • Board-GAC Consultations: 28 Feb – 1 Mar 2011
  • ICANN meeting: 14 – 18 Mar 2011
  • Release of Applicant Guidebook: 14 Apr 2011
Note : the word "next" is used, note "final". I admit I would have liked to read "...the final version of the guidebook..."

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

L'Icann propose la version finale du manuel du candidat

La cinquième version du manuel du candidat pour devenir propriétaire d'une extension Internet telle que le .WINE ou le .VIN vient d'être publiée. Pour la première fois, l'Icann l'envisage comme une «version finale».

Lire la suite ici

Monday, November 15, 2010

Proposed final applicant guidebook is out for email comments

Applicant guidebook version 5 :
  • Changes from version 4 are available here ;
  • Full guidebook is available here for download ;
  • You can comment writting to this email ;
  • Comments can be viewed here.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Draft Application Guidebook Version 4 is out

First PDF on top of the page is the full document for discussion until the final version is out in, I hope, in december 2010.

The document entitled "redline"is to me the interesting documents : As ICANN defines it, "a red-lined, annotated version of the documents is provided to facilitate understanding of the changes that were made in progressing from Draft Applicant Guidebook, Version 3 to Version 4".

The 2 documents are available here :

Friday, May 28, 2010

May 31 is DAGv4's day ;-)

Draft Applicant Guidebook version 4 will be published on May 31 according to this source

Note this version of the manual remains a "draft", the final version is expected for december 2010 some day between the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

TLD program makes new documents available for discussion




The URS
"The Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Procedure describes an expedited process to provide trademark holders with a rapid take-down in clear cut instances of trademark abuse."

The trademark clearinghouse
"The trademark clearinghouse is one of the proposed mechanisms to address trademark protection concerns."

The Trademark PPDRP
"This post delegation procedure should only afford trademark holders the right to proceed against registry operators who have acted in bad faith."

The RRDRP
"The purpose of the RRDRP is to handle complaints from a harmed organization or individual alleging that a community-based restricted gTLD registry operator was not meeting its obligations."

Monday, October 5, 2009

DAG v3

Draft Applicant Guidebook V3 is out :

http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-04oct09-en.pdf

Friday, February 20, 2009

New gTLD Program update

The new draft and more information were published today and are available on this page :
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm

The PDF, which remains - "a draft" - is available for download below :
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-18feb09-en.pdf
A few interesting things to read this week-end !

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

DAG v2

Draf Applicant Guidebook version 2 is out

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-18feb09-en.htm

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

DAG v1

Draft Applicant Guidebook version 1

http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Top Level Reserved Names List

The list of extension below will be reserved. Note an application for a gTLD string that is identified as too similar to a Reserved Name will not pass the Reserved Names review.
Reserved extensions are :

(Example: ".RIPE")

AFRINIC
IANA-SERVERS
NRO
ALAC
ICANN
RFC-EDITOR
APNIC
IESG
RIPE
ARIN
IETF
ROOT-SERVERS
ASO
INTERNIC
RSSAC
CCNSO
INVALID
SSAC
EXAMPLE (Reserved in multiple languages)
IRTF
TEST (Reserved in multiple languages)
GAC
ISTF
TLD
GNSO
LACNIC
WHOIS
GTLD-SERVERS
LOCAL
WWW
IAB
LOCALHOST
IANA
NIC

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