ICANN body releases final report on new gTLDs
01 June 2009
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.
On April 24, the IRT published its draft proposals, which included having a centralised database of IP rights, establishing a faster, cheaper version of the UDRP, creating a globally protected trade marks list, making registry operators liable for contributory infringement and having a comprehensive, centralised Whois database.
According to IRT member J Scott Evans, a lawyer with Yahoo!, the final report includes a number of “nuanced changes” based on the comments the Team received, both in written form and at meetings in San Francisco last month.
Evans said that the most significant change...
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