News & Press
Implementing the Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA
4 October 2012
ICANN Consolidated Meetings Strategy Proposal
2 October 2012
Protection of International Olympic Committee (IOC) / Red Cross Names (RCRC) Drafting Team – Recommendations
28 September 2012
Draft 2013-2016 Strategic Plan for Public Comment
24 September 2012
Strategic Plan (clean version) [PDF, 765 KB] Strategic Plan (redline against previous plan) [PDF, 821 KB]
The Draft 2013-2016...
Uniform Rapid Suspension System for New gTLDs: ICANN Seeks Service Providers for Uniform Rapid Suspension
24 September 2012
ICANN is issuing today a Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Service Providers [PDF, 112 KB]. The URS is one of the mechanisms to address trademark protection concerns in the New...
Trademark Clearinghouse Update: Implementation Material for Public Comment
24 September 2012
Updated 25 September 2012
The Trademark Clearinghouse is one of several important enhanced rights protection mechanisms that have been built into the New gTLD Program. The Clearinghouse will accept and authenticate rights information, and will support both trademark claims and sunrise...
Save the Date: Webinar on Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS)
24 September 2012
ICANN will host a webinar to on 3 October 2012 at 15:00 UTC to inform discussion in Toronto and continue development of the Uniform Rapid Suspension system. The URS is an important new rights protection mechanism in the New gTLD...
Update on Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments
24 September 2012
In advance of the ICANN meeting in Toronto, ICANN and the Registrars are posting two documents on the status of negotiations of amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (...
ATRT Recommendation 6: Clarifying Document Published
24 September 2012
In fulfillment of Recommendation 6 of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT), ICANN's Board Governance Committee has approved the publication of a document that seeks to identify items that are clearly subject to community consultation prior to Board...
IDN Variant TLD Program – Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels
24 September 2012
The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant TLD Program deals with the variant form of...