Kurt Pritz - Introduction new gTLD program

New Top-‐Level Domain Names Munich 26 September, 2011

Agenda •  ICANN•  Domain names •  New gTLD Program Development •  Policy development •  Rights protection •  Malicious conduct mitigation•  Where to get more information 2

ICANN 3

What is ICANN? •  Internet CorporaAon for Assigned Names & Numbers •  We do: •  “Names”; servicing the Domain Name System •  “Numbers”; allocaAng IP address blocks •  “Parameters”; maintaining data bases for IETF •  Develop policy in boOom-‐up processes involving all stakeholders globally 4

What is ICANN? •  A mulA-‐stakeholder, •  private sector led, boOom-‐up policy development model •  for DNS technical coordinaAon •  that acts for the beneﬁt of global Internet users. 5

Opera6ng Principles •  Help keep the unique idenAﬁers system and root management stable and secure •  Promote compeAAon among registrars and registries, and thus, promote choice for registrants •  “MulA-‐stakeholder”: a forum where many diﬀerent groups can work out Internet Policy 6

The ICANN Community 7

What ICANN does not do •  Content on the Internet •  Spam •  Financial transacAons online •  Consumer protecAon law •  Data protecAon law •  Intellectual property law •  E-‐commerce, e-‐educaAon, e-‐government, etc. 8

Addi6onal Resources •  hOp://icann.org •  hOp://gnso.icann.org •  hOp://ccnso.icann.org •  hOp://aso.icann.org •  hOp://www.atlarge.icann.org •  hOp://gac.icann.org •  hOp://www.icann.org/en/commiOees/security/ •  hOp://www.icann.org/en/commiOees/dns-‐root/ 9

The Anatomy of a Domain Name First or Top-‐Level Second-‐Level Third-‐Level w w w. m e e 6 n g s . i c a n n . o r g 10

Terminology Clariﬁca6ons •  gTLD -‐ generic Top-‐Level Domain •  Operated through an agreement with CIANN •  UnAl today, limited to ASCII character •  ccTLD -‐ country code Top-‐Level Domain •  Operated by the local registry operator under the rules of that jurisdicAon •  UnAl recently, limited to two-‐leOer ISO Country Codes •  IDN -‐ Interna6onalized Domain Name •  Domain name represented by local language characters 11

ROOT .org .mil .dm .jp .va .ws .be gTLD ccTLD .com .asia .gov .jobs .info .edu .int .sg .eg .nl .tr .cn .net .name .hr .cl .mobi .museum .pro .post .mx .jm .tv .py .cv .pt .travel .biz .kr .is .au .cc .tel .xxx .aero .arpa .br .mo .eu .coop .cat .nz .ru New gTLD Program Fast Track Program New gTLDs IDN ccTLDs .city .acronym -.% .சிங்கப்பூர்.gIDNs .brand .generic  ‫.ا%$رات‬ . ไทย .community .region . 香港 .рф &‫ا,+*)د‬ . 12

What is a gTLD Registry? •  gTLDs have an Agreement with ICANN: specific technical requirements •  A registry is the authoritaAve, master database of all domain names registered in each top-‐level domain •  Keeps the master database and also generates the "zone file" which allows computers to route Internet traffic to and from top-‐level domains anywhere in the world •  Most Internet users dont interact directly with the registry operator; users can register names by using registrars 13

What is the New gTLD Program? •  An iniAaAve that will enable the introducAon of generic top-‐ level domain names (including IDNs) •  Intended to realize full beneﬁts of growing Internet •  Intended to facilitate compeAAon, choice for Internet users and innovaAon •  Encourage parAcipaAon of communiAes •  Geographic •  Language •  Cultural 14

ICANN’s Mission and New gTLDs 1998 - founding documents “The new corporation ultimately should … oversee policy for determining the circumstances under which new TLDs are added to the root system” ICANN Memoranda of Understanding “Define and implement a predictable strategy for selecting new TLDs” 15

gTLD Timeline Predating ICANN(before 1998) 2004 Round .com .edu .aero .biz .coop .asia .cat .xxx .gov .int .mil .net .info .museum .jobs .mobi .tel .org .arpa .name .pro .travel .post 2000 Round New gTLD Program Policy development Dec 2005 to Sep 2007 16

Public Participationand the Draft ApplicantGuidebook•  October 2008 (version 1) •  May 2009 (excerpts) •  March 2009 (version 2) Program Launch•  October 2009 (version 3) 12 January –•  February 10 (excerpts) Board Publication 12 April 2012•  May 2010 (version 4) Approval of Final•  November 2010 (proposed ﬁnal version) Final Applicant•  April 2011 Discussion Drah Guidebook Guidebook•  May 2011 Applicant Guidebook ICANN Board Communications On-going status Policy approval Campaign reporting on Jun 2008 20 June 2011 ICANN’s website 17

New gTLD Policy Development•  21-‐month intensive, boOom-‐up eﬀort by ICANN’s volunteer policy development body, tesAng “implementability” •  Face-‐to-‐face meeAngs •  Numerous public comment periods •  Informed by several independent working groups •  IDN •  Reserved names •  ProtecAon of right •  Informed by ICANN’s Advisory CommiOees •  Governmental Advisory CommiOee Principles on New gTLDs •  The At-‐Large community •  Security and Stability Advisory CommiOee 18 18

Policy Conclusions•  New gTLDs will provide beneﬁt : •  Broaden DNS parAcipaAon •  Increased choice, compeAAon •  Include IDNs •  New gTLDs should not cause security or stability issues •  AllocaAon method and selecAon criteria guidance •  Limited by rounds •  Not limited by category •  Certain important issues should be protected 19 19

Interests to be Protected in the Process•  Intellectual property rights •  Community interests •  Limited public interest safeguards: sensiAve names •  User confusion should be avoided •  Interests of governments 20 20

Policy Implementation: Applicant Guidebook •  IteraAon with ICANN community •  Seven complete versions of Guidebook •  47 comment periods – over 2400 comments / analyses •  55 Explanatory memoranda / Independent reports •  Economic studies •  ConsultaAon with SSAC / RSAC / Root Server Operators •  Development of dispute resoluAon processes •  Right protecAon mechanisms and malicious conduct miAgaAon measures 21 21

Rights Protec6on Mechanisms & Mi6ga6ng Malicious Conduct 22

Development of Rights Protection Mechanisms•  A team formed from IP experts recommended speciﬁc Rights ProtecAon Mechanisms •  Subsequent public consultaAons •  Online forums (~300 comments) & comment analysis •  Sydney, New York, London, Seoul meeAngs •  Then, a mulA-‐disciplinary team examined the policy aspects of IP team recommendaAons •  ICANN’s Governmental Advisory CommiOee and Board collaborated on improvements •  Result: a set of trademark protecAons for new gTLDs 23

Right Protection Mechanisms•  At the “top-level,” i.e., o  during the TLD application and evaluation processes o  during registry operations•  At the “second-level,” i.e., o  when domain names are registered in the new registry o  when registrant operate domain name sites 24

During the evaluation process:Grounds for Formal Objection to a new TLD Application •  Legal Rights – infringement of the objector’s rights •  String Confusion – string causes confusion •  Limited Public Interest – violates principles of int’l law •  Community – misappropriation of a community label Characterised by independent dispute resolutionICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee Advice on New gTLDs •  Concerns based on national laws or other sensitivities 25

Trademark protections against second-level abuses•  Purpose: •  miAgate need for defensive registraAons, and •  lower costs for trademark owners •  Trademark protecAon mechanisms •  Trademark Clearinghouse •  Mandatory Sunrise process •  Manadtory IP Claims process •  Uniform rapid suspension process •  Mandatory “thick” Whois data •  Post-‐delegaAon claims directly against registry 26

REGISTRYLIFECYCLE Rights Protection MechanismsPRE-LAUNCH LAUNCH ONGOING OPERATIONSIP CLEARINGHOUSE UNIFORM RAPID SUSPENSION IP CLAIMS POST-DELEGATION DISPUTE PROCESS SUNRISE THICK WHOIS UDRP 27

Malicious Conduct Mitigation Measures•  Enhanced requirements and background checks •  Disclosure of previous involvement in UDRP process •  Demonstrated plan for DNSSEC deployment •  No wildcarding / remove glue records •  ElecAve TLD security designaAon program •  Requirement for thick Whois •  Publish anA-‐abuse contact and suspension procedures •  Expedited Registry Security Request process •  Centralised zone ﬁle access 28

Applying (or not) for a gTLD 29

When… 30

Evaluation Process more tomorrow….. 31

Program Timeline Jan 2012 Apr 2012 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 Dec 2013 Receive Process Transi6on to Delegate Applica6ons Applica6ons Delega6on TLD 32 Confidential & Proprietary

Whether or not I Choose to Apply… Monitor the program to understand poten6al beneﬁts and risks: The New gTLD Program is intended to bring beneﬁt to the billions of Internet users who do not apply for a TLD  Understand new opportuniAes  Impact to brand/trademark  Impact to community and geographic names  Changes to Internet  User behavior 33

More Informa6on… •  Applicant Guidebook•  www.icann.org/newgtlds •  Factsheets •  Global Events•  New gTLD Program web-‐pages •  Public Comments•  Write to: newgtld@icann.org •  Explanatory Memos •  Independent Reports NewgTLDsICANN 34

Conclusion As the introducAon of new top-‐level domains draw near, ICANN remains commiOed to conducAng the process, and enforcing agreements in a way that: • Assures ongoing stability and security of the DNS • Protects the legal rights of others • Promotes compeAAon and choice for users • Engenders global stakeholder parAcipaAon in the Internet 35

Thank You

http://www.newdomains.org	112
http://newdomains.org	85
http://newdomains.lounge4.de	20
http://us-w1.rockmelt.com	1
http://paper.li	1

Kurt Pritz - Introduction new gTLD program

by newdomains.org - The Munich Conference on new gTLDs

Accessibility

Categories

Upload Details

Usage Rights

5 Embeds 219

Statistics

Kurt Pritz - Introduction new gTLD program Presentation Transcript