News & Press
New Deadline - Call for Applicants for the Meeting Strategy Working Group: Friday 8 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC
4 March 2013
In line with the Board resolution adopted on February the 2nd 2013, ICANN invited interested individuals to apply for Volunteer Member positions – either in representation of a Supporting...
Revised Proposal of the ACDR to Serve as a UDRP Dispute Resolution Service Provider
1 March 2013
ICANN is opening a public comment forum to receive comment...
String Similarity: IDN Variant Review Results
1 March 2013
In an announcement on 26 February 2013, ICANN published a list of string similarity contention sets wherein two or more applied-for gTLD strings are identical or...
Objection Period Closing 13 March 2013
28 February 2013
Objections to new gTLD strings must be submitted by 13 March 2013 at 23:59:59 UTC in order to be considered by Dispute Resolution Service Providers (DRSPs).
The objection process is intended to afford businesses, individuals, governmental entities and communities an opportunity to formally...
Implementation of Expired Registration Recovery Policy
28 February 2013
ICANN is pleased to announce the implementation of the Expired Registration Recovery Policy ("ERRP"). This policy was developed from the Generic Name Supporting Organization ("...
New gTLD Program: String Similarity Contention Sets
26 February 2013
ICANN is publishing today the contention sets identified by the string similarity review for applications submitted as part of the New gTLD Program. Review the full list of contention sets here:...
ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse to Provide Unprecedented Protections in the Domain Name Space
25 February 2013
On 26 March 2013, ICANN will unveil a global repository for trademark data, the first of its kind in the domain name space. The Trademark Clearinghouse will enable companies and individuals to protect their trademarks, while...
Pre-Beijing ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
21 February 2013
In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details.
Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming...
ICANN Appoints First URS Provider
20 February 2013
The National Arbitration Forum (FORUM) has secured the first appointment by ICANN to administer the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). FORUM submitted an outstanding proposal demonstrating how it would meet all requirements...
Preliminary Issue Report on Uniformity of Reporting
20 February 2013