ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 1 March 2013
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
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 on the Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution's revised proposal to serve as one of the official dispute resolution service providers for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
String Similarity: IDN Variant Review Results
1 March 2013 | In ICANN's New gTLD program, string similarity checks on Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) strings go beyond visual resemblance. The string similarity panel has now completed a review of potential IDN variant characters.
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).
Implementation of Expired Registration Recovery Policy
28 February 2013 | ICANN is pleased to announce the implementation of the Expired Registration Recovery Policy ("ERRP").
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.
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.
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