New gTLD Program Update from ICANN 49
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Overall new gTLD program update on program progress, key accomplishments including Auction Implementation, Name Collision, Community Priority Evaluation, and implementation of GAC Advice. Originally presented during the New gTLD Program Update Session at ICANN 49 in Singapore.
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New gTLD Program Update from ICANN 49
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- 2. Text #ICANN49 New gTLD Program Update
- 3. Text #ICANN49 Agenda • Buenos Aires to Singapore • Application Processing • Operational Support Mechanisms • Singapore to London
- 5. Text #ICANN49 144 960 1094 Program Progress – Application Statistics Objections Completed Contracting Invitations Issued Registry Agreements Signed Pre-Delegation Testing Passed New gTLDs Delegated CIR Responses Received 2013 November: ICANN 48 Buenos Aires 2014 March: ICANN 49 Singapore 171 249 275 502 358 47 266 24 182
- 6. Text #ICANN49 Accomplishments: Buenos Aires to Singapore o NGPC approved implementation approach for GAC Category 1 Advice o NGPC approved implementation approach for non-exclusive use gTLDs subject to GAC Category 2 Advice o 249 Objections Complete o 4 Community Priority Evaluation results published o Auction notifications sent to 306 applicants in 106 contention sets o Name Collision Framework published for public comment o Supported delegation of 182 new gTLDs o Approved 2 additional data escrow agents o Qualified Launch Program published for public comment
- 7. Text #ICANN49 Continuing Work • Coordinate and manage program processes o Complete application evaluation o Monitor objections progress o Hold first auction • Support Board and community o GAC Advice o Name Collision Framework o Perceived inconsistencies in String Contention Objection determinations • Continue to improve internal processes for reliability o Contracting o Community Priority Evaluation o Pre-Delegation Testing
- 10. Text #ICANN49 Application Statuses – Improved Reporting • 14 March 2014 – ICANN updated application statuses: https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus o Read announcement (includes link to Advisory): http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-15mar14-en • New statuses added o On Hold Application has pending activities that may impact the status of the application o Will Not Proceed Application will not continue based on the outcome of a program process it has completed
- 11. Text #ICANN49 Application Statuses Overview • Final application statuses o Withdrawn o Delegated • Not Approved and Applicant Support statuses o Not Approved Application will not continue as a result of a resolution passed by the ICANN Board o Applicant Support Application did not meet the requirements under the Applicant Support Program
- 12. Text #ICANN49 Application Statuses Overview (cont.) • Status reflects program step application is undergoing o In Initial Evaluation o In Extended Evaluation o Evaluation Complete o In Community Priority Evaluation o In Auction o Contention Resolution Complete o In Contracting o In Pre-Delegation Testing o In Transition to Delegation
- 15. Text #ICANN49 Objections & Dispute Resolution GAC Advice String Contention
- 16. Text #ICANN49 14 171 31 47 Determinations Status In Progress Applicant Prevailed Objector Prevailed Terminated Objections & Dispute Resolution • 95% of cases resolved o Legal Rights, String Confusion Objections complete • 14 March 2014: Application statuses and contention sets updated to reflect objection outcomes
- 17. Text #ICANN49 Objections – Public Comment • ICANN published a proposal to address the perceived inconsistent expert determinations on String Confusion Objections • Public Comment Forum o Comment period: 11 February – 12 March 2014 o Reply period opened: 13 March 2014 o Reply period closes: 3 April 2014 • View or submit comments: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sco-framework-principles- 11feb14-en.htm
- 18. Text #ICANN49 GAC Advice – Category 1 Overview In its Beijing Communiqué, the GAC proposed specific safeguards that would apply to a broad category of strings related to “consumer protection, sensitive strings, and regulated markets.”
- 19. Text #ICANN49 5 Charity 4 Cyber Bullying/ Harassment 3 Education 5 Environmental 6 Gambling 3 Generic Geo Terms 3 Inherently Government Functions 3Not Categorized 10 Children 11 Corporate Identifiers 20 Professional Services 22 Health & Fitness 45 Financial 46 Intellectual Property GAC Advice – Category 1 Summary 386 Applications 186 strings
- 20. Text #ICANN49 Category 1 Implementation Framework o 5 February 2014: Implementation Framework adopted o 10 safeguards: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld- annex-2-05feb14-en.pdf Highly Regulated Sector Professional Services Financial Charity Corporate Identifiers Education Health & Fitness Gambling Safeguards 1-8 Regulated Sector Safeguards 1- 3 Special Safeguards Required Cyber Bullying/Harassment Inherently Governmental Functions Safeguards 1–9, or 1-8 & 10 Professional Services Financial Charity Corporate Identifiers Education Environmental Generic Geo Terms Intellectual Property Children Health & Fitness Gambling None
- 21. Text #ICANN49 GAC Advice – Category 1 Implementation o Applicants previously subject to GAC Category 1 Advice, who meet eligibility criteria, have been invited to Contracting o Safeguards included in Specification 11 – Public Interest Commitments – of the Registry Agreement o Public Interest Commitments enforceable via the PICDRP o Read Applicant Advisory: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/advisories/gac-cat1-advice-19mar14-en
- 22. Text #ICANN49 GAC Advice – Category 2 Overview In the Beijing Communiqué, Category 2 Safeguard Advice (section 2), the GAC advised that, "For strings representing generic terms, exclusive registry access should serve a public interest goal.”
- 23. Text #ICANN49 GAC Advice – Category 2 Responses Applications subject to GAC Category 2 Advice Intend to operate as non- exclusive access; applications support intent Intend to operate as non- exclusive access; applications do not support intent Required to submit statement of public interest Proceed to contention resolution or contracting if all eligibility criteria are met Submitted change request to align applications with intent Pending instruction from NGPC regarding next steps Intend to operate as exclusive access; applications support intent 186 139 35 12 34 1 Eligible Pending
- 24. Text #ICANN49 GAC Advice – Category 2 Next Steps • New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN Board to consider applicant statements on how exclusive access TLDs will serve the public interest • Read Applicant Advisory: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/advisories/gac-cat2-advice-19mar14-en
- 25. Text #ICANN49 String Contention Contention Set Statistics Number of Contention Sets Number of Applications in Contention 26 February 2013 234 758 21 March 2014 • Resolved • Active Sets • On Hold Sets 233 47 164 22 --- --- 543 87
- 26. Text #ICANN49 Contention Sets – Improved Reporting • 14 March2014: Redesigned status page launched
- 27. Text #ICANN49 Community Priority Evaluation • First 4 results published 18 March 2014 • Expected cycle time for current evaluations ~ 3 months 19 1 8 4 0 5 10 15 20 Pending Eligibility Invited In Evaluation Results Published Current Status NumberofApplications
- 28. Text #ICANN49 Community Priority Evaluation - Summary • Independent evaluation applying the criteria of Applicant Guidebook section 4.2.3 • The CPE Panel developed Evaluation Guidelines further clarifying the AGB Criteria – Published in September 2013 • Evaluations performed by Economist Intelligence Unit o Application Responses o Publicly Available information o May request additional information from applicant if required • High bar to prevail contention via CPE
- 29. Text #ICANN49 Auctions • 6 March 2014: Materials published o Public Comment Report, Auction Rules, and Bidder Agreement published: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions#resources • 19 March 2014: Auction schedule published o Notifications of Intent to Auction issued to 106 contention sets – forms due back 17 April • 4 June 2014: First Auction • Learn more at our ICANN 49 session: o Title: New gTLD Program Auctions o Date/Time: Today, 24 March 2014 – 15:15-16:30 SGT
- 31. Text #ICANN49 Contracting Statistics Applicants Invited to Contracting1094
- 32. Text #ICANN49 Contracting Statistics Applicants Invited to Contracting1094 Applicants Responded to CIR502 Response Rate: 46% Response Time: 37 Days Averages
- 33. Text #ICANN49 Contracting Statistics Applicants Invited to Contracting1094 Applicants Responded to CIR502 Within standard 3-week processing time: 39% Processing time of apps pending items: 41 Days Averages Contracts Sent for Signature427
- 34. Text #ICANN49 Contracting Statistics Applicants Invited to Contracting1094 Applicants Responded to CIR502 RA send date to execution: 13 Days Averages Contracts Sent for Signature427 Registry Agreements Signed358
- 35. Text #ICANN49 Registry Operator Code of Conduct • Set of guidelines for the registry operator relating to certain and limited operations of a registry • 18 March 2014: Completed Code of Conduct exemption requests published for comment o View requests: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-contracting/ccer o Send comments to exemption-request@icann.org o View comments: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/exemption-request o Read FAQ: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-contracting/ccer/faqs- 18mar14-en.pdf • ICANN will consider comments prior to determining action
- 36. Text #ICANN49 Pre-Delegation Testing Transition to Delegation
- 37. Text #ICANN49 Pre-Delegation Testing Scheduled Start Date Count 24 Mar 2014 20 31 Mar 2014 10 42 30 20 266 0 100 200 300 Invited Scheduled In Testing Complete Current Status • Upcoming PDT Schedule o Operational capacity of 20 appointments per week Applications
- 38. Text #ICANN49 Transition to Delegation 40 7 37 182 0 50 100 150 200 Pending Eligibility In Process Tokens Issued Delegated Current Status NumberofApplications • Cycle Time: Registry Agreement to delegation o Current trend ~ 60 Days o Largely driven by applicant preparation and responsiveness
- 39. Text #ICANN49 Name Collision Mitigation • Public Comment Period o Comment period opened 26 February 2014 o Reply period closes 21 April 2014 • Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework o Reserve .corp, .home, & .mail o Newly delegated TLDs: 120 days from delegation “no activation” period with wildcard record under TLD o Already delegated TLDs: 120 days with A and SRV DNS records for names in SLD block list • Learn more at our ICANN 49 session: o Title: Name Collision Mitigation o Date/Time: Monday, 24 March 2014 – 13:30 to 15:00 SGT
- 41. Text #ICANN49 EBERO • 3rd provider expected to be operational in May 2014 • Exercises o Held simulations with the two current providers o SLA Monitoring System used to trigger “event” o Restored DNS, DNSSEC, RDDS, SRS and Escrow services efficiently and effectively o Met SLAs • Request for Proposals: Additional providers o Draft under internal review – expected release April 2014 o Expected selection of new providers June 2014 o Bring additional providers online as soon as possible
- 42. Text #ICANN49 Trademark Clearinghouse Statistics (19 March 2014) ICANN 48 ICANN 49 TMCH Records 18,256 27,757 Non-Latin Records 550 1,034 Jurisdictions 99 116 Abused Labels 90 294 UDRP Cases 76 141 Sunrise and Claims 0 21,155 Certified Registrars 4 92
- 43. Text #ICANN49 TLD Launch Programs • Approved Launch Programs o 19 December 2013: Published Review Guidelines • Qualified Launch Program o 13 February 2014: Published Qualified Launch Program draft for public comment • Learn more at our ICANN 49 session: o Title: TLD Launch Process Experiences and Registry Onboarding o Date/Time: Monday, 24 March 2014 – 17:00-18:30 SGT
- 45. Text #ICANN49 Looking Forward to London • 200th delegation • 400 Registry Agreements signed • Finalization of the Name Collision Framework • First Auction held • Additional EBERO providers selected
- 47. Text #ICANN49 Internationalized Domain Name Variant TLDs • Many new IDN TLDs introduced into Internet recently o Some IDN new gTLDs may have variants, alternate labels that are considered the same or have equivalent meaning Variant examples: 䲁 and 鳚, Strasse and Straße (hypotheticals, not suggestions for actual variants) o There are no rules for IDN labels and associated variants (if any) for the Root Zone – these Label Generation Rules (LGR) need to exist • Community work is crucial to creating the LGR o All scripts should be represented accurately, comprehensively • Speak Up For Your Language! Learn more at our session: o Title: IDN Variant TLDs Program Update o Date/Time: Wednesday, 26 March 2014 – 08:30-10:00 SGT
- 48. Text #ICANN49 Q & A Questions can also be submitted to newgtld@icann.org
- 49. Text #ICANN49 Related Global Domains Division Sessions 24 March 13:30-15:00 24 March 15:15-16:30 24 March 15:15-16:45 24 March 17:00-18:30 Name Collision Mitigation New gTLD Program Auctions TLD Acceptance TLD Launch Process Experiences and Registry Onboarding TLD Registry - Ongoing Operations 26 March 10:30-12:00 IDN Variant TLDs Program Update 26 March 8:30-10:00
Editor's Notes
- 9 October 2013: 138 applications eligible to proceed to contracting and contention resolution if all eligibility criteria are met Applicants indicated that the TLD will be operated in a non-exclusive manner and the application supports this intent 28 January 2014: 12 applications submitted statements on public interest Applications continue to be held pending instructions from NGPC 21 March 2014: Application Update/Explanation Deadline Applicants who indicated that the TLD will be operated in a non-exclusive manner, but the application does not supports this intent must: Submit a change request to align the application with the intent Submit a statement explaining how exclusive access use of the TLD would serve the public interest Applications continue to be held pending instructions from NGPC
- 9 October 2013: 138 applications eligible to proceed to contracting and contention resolution if all eligibility criteria are met Applicants indicated that the TLD will be operated in a non-exclusive manner and the application supports this intent 28 January 2014: 12 applications submitted statements on public interest Applications continue to be held pending instructions from NGPC 21 March 2014: Application Update/Explanation Deadline Applicants who indicated that the TLD will be operated in a non-exclusive manner, but the application does not supports this intent must: Submit a change request to align the application with the intent Submit a statement explaining how exclusive access use of the TLD would serve the public interest Applications continue to be held pending instructions from NGPC
- The first line there represents the contention sets created by the String Similarity Panel, back about 13 months ago We had 234 contention sets, and 758 applications in contention Since then we have seen 47 contention sets resolved, we also had some sets “merge” and 1 set created as a result of objections. So the new current total is: 233 Contention Sets 164 Active Sets – with 543 applications still in contention 22 Sets on Hold – with 87 applications in contention Two weeks back we updated application status and contention sets status as Trang described earlier, to reflect results of various processes, most notably objection determinations This brought us down to 186 Unresolved Contention Sets Objection determinations changed the structure of several sets - Some apps were removed from contention - Some added to contention - and some sets were joined together We now have several sets with both direct & indirect contention relationships, ofter referred to as indirect contention sets. Each Set has assigned one of three statuses: Active – meaning at least 2 applications remain in direct contention and no applications are on-hold On Hold –one or more applications has a status of on-hold –thus the set will not move forward until the issue is resolved Resolved – no direct contention remains, no apps on hold 165 Active 21 On Hold 47 Resolved
- To further explain the contention sets we have redesigned the contention set page with improved functionality: Each Contention Set assigned an identifier number Contention Set names made up of the String or Strings in the set – eliminates multiple entries for sets with multiple strings (hotels & hoteis) Visual depiction of each contention set Lists all contention sets including those resolved Expanding the details allows users to see the application status of each member of the contention set
- We published the first 4 results on 18 March 2014 These results were as recommended by the CPE Panel after careful consideration. The panel concluded that none of the 4 applications met the very high standard to win priority as a community application. The reports reiterate the criteria and explain how the application compared. These contention sets if they remain unresolved will be placed into the queue for Auctions once they are eligible. These first evaluations did take longer than expected, but we believe this next group should trend back toward the ~ 3 month target duration. Q & A – Why were no CQ’s issued to these applicants CQ’s in CPE are different than Initial Evaluation. The panel defined tight boundaries on what would warrant a clarifying question. There is a fine line where we can not allow applicants to change their applications at this point in the program. What happened to Osaka? Osaka had a unique issue as a Geo name string, where both applicants received support from the same government authority as a Geo. Thus we need more information from the government authority before proceeding
- CPE Criteria in AGB 4.2.3 Community Establishment Nexus between Proposed String and Community Registration Policies Community Endorsement Scope of Evaluations Application Responses – particularly questions 13, 18 -20, 27 & 28 Publicly Available info – Information about the community, Correspondence, Objection Determinations, and Applicant Comments Because information is reviewed does not necessarily means the panel finds it relevant to the scoring of the application
- Auctions are now operational We published the Summary and Analysis Report of the Public Comment on 6 March 2014 With the publication of the public comment report, we also published the auction rules, and bidder agreement that will be used for operations Last week we published an updated Auction Schedule – it depicts the 1st Auction being held 4 June 2014 The schedule is a refresh from the one published with the public comment documents in Dec 2013 The document includes those sets already resolved, we thought it made it clearer how the contention set number factored into the schedule In addition to the schedule, we have notified 106 contention sets that they are being sent to Auction – this represents all of the contention sets currently eligible This does not mean to imply all 106 are being set to Auction 1. Please consult the Auction Schedule to understand which auction your contention set is schedule to participate. I am not going to speak much to Auctions as we have a dedicated session later today in this room. I will ask that you hold your questions until that session.
- 630 In Contention 23 Have GAC Advice 6 Have Objection(s) 46 Pending Change Requests 7 In Re-Evaluation 70 On Hold
- UPDATE?? Current statistics as of 16 November 2013: CIR Notifications sent through Priority Number 1300 960 Applicants invited to contracting 275 Applicants responded to CIR 178 Contracts sent for signature 144 Registry Agreements signed COI outreach completed
- 23 incomplete CIR 25 COI 18 negotiate 22 other -6 ACR -6BGS -9ExA -1 Spec 12
- Other -6 RAs en-route to Akram for signature -1 on hold (lgbt – pending AM)
- As mentioned in the last applicant update, we are pleased to add Nominet to our group of EBERO providers. We expect to be able to declare them operational in May at which point they will join CNNIC and CORE as the third provider. Over the past quarter we conducted practice simulations with both CNNIC and CORE. These exercises allowed the ICANN and provider teams to gain valuable time and experience working together. These practice exercises simulated a variety of conditions that are likely to occur in an actual event. The SLA monitoring systems that are in place and already are monitoring the new gTLDs was used to trigger the practice event, just as it would do in an actual event. These practices allowed both teams to work through their processes in a collaborative and productive manner. In both cases, each provider was very effective and efficient at restoring services with both of them easily meeting SLAs. Looking forward, we also see a need for additional providers to improve geographic distribution and coverage. To support this need, we have developed a draft RFP and expect to release it in the April timeframe. Along with the stringent financial and technical evaluation, location will certainly be considered in the evaluation process. We expect to select the new providers in June with a goal of bringing additional providers online before the end of the year.
- The Trademark Clearinghouse has seen significant growth since the last ICANN meeting. The number of trademarks in the database has grown by about 50%. Similarly, non-Latin script records have increased by about 50% as well. The count of jurisdictions has grown by approximately 15%. The number of abused labels and UDRP cases have also grown significantly. As of today, there have been over 100 sunrise periods and over 50 claims periods that have been supported by the TMCH. This has resulted in just over 21,000 transactions in Sunrise and Claims. This has been supported by a massive increase in the number of certified registrars.