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Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement

3 January 2020

Open Date: 3 January 2020 Close Date: 14 February 2020
Originating Organization: Global Domains Division
Categories/Tags: Contracted Party Agreements
Brief Overview:

ICANN organization is posting proposed Amendment No. 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement between ICANN and VeriSign, Inc. (Verisign) for public comment. Verisign is the registry operator of the .COM top-level domain.

ICANN org and Verisign have reached preliminary agreement on an amendment to the .COM Registry Agreement, as well as a framework for working together on additional initiatives related to enhancing the security, stability and resiliency of the Domain Name System in the form of a proposed binding Letter of Intent between the two organizations.

Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en