01 June 2009

ICANN body releases final report on new gTLDs

Eileen McDermott, New York

ICANN’s Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) has published its final proposals on ICANN’s plan to open up the internet to an unlimited number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs)

The IRT was tasked by the ICANN Board in March this year with suggesting solutions to deal with trade mark problems that might arise from the launch of new gTLDs. These could include conflicts with prior rights in the new gTLDs themselves, as well as the means they use to resolve disputes over IP rights.

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