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ICANN 55: Marrakech Recap

Kiran Malancharuvil

Policy Counselor, MarkMonitor

Matt Serlin

VP Global Client Services, MarkMonitor

ICANN Marrakech Recap Webinar

Featured Speakers

Kiran Malancharuvil

Policy Counselor

MarkMonitor

Matt Serlin

Vice President, Global Client Services

MarkMonitor

Agenda

ICANN 55: Marrakech Highlights

New gTLDs: Status, Next Rounds, RPMs

IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability

Future of Whois/Registration Directory Policy

Abuse Reporting: Registrars and ICANN Compliance

Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy

ICANN 55: Marrakech Highlights

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March 5-10, 2016 – Marrakech, Morocco

IANA Transition and ICANN Accountability Plan Milestone

Multiple PDPs launching

• Registration Directory Services

• Consumer Choice, Competition & Trust

• RPM Reviews

• Subsequent Rounds

Fadi’s last meeting – New CEO take a look around

New gTLDs Program Status, Next Rounds, RPMs

15.9 Million New gTLD Registrations

Source: ntldstats.com

The Current Landscape: Top New gTLDs

Source: ntldstats.com

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.sucks

.porn

.adult

.news

.online

.reviews

.sex

.公司 (Business organization)

.nyc

.support

.video

.global

.london

.website

.social

.网络 (Network)

.club

.solutions

.clothing

.xyz

Top 20 Most Popular Corporate New gTLDs

Verticals Register Selectively

New gTLD Program Update

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938 New gTLD Strings Delegated

1,221 Registry Agreements Signed

Several New gTLDs Changing Hands – More to Come

New Launches and Business Models

Universal Acceptance

New gTLD Subsequent Rounds

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Working Group Charter was accepted January 21, 2016

Leadership Team in Place

Organization of Work

Coordination with other Reviews (GAC, CCT, etc.)

Timing

• Possibly Bifurcating Rounds

.BRAND, Community/Geographic, Applicant Support

Earliest – 2018(?)

Estimated Timeline

Source: ICANN 54 Dublin

RPM Reviews

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Working Group Charter Adopted March 15, 2016

Call for volunteers – March 21, 2016

Two Phases

• New gTLD RPMs (application to ALL gTLDs)

TMCH, Sunrise, Claims, URS, Premium Pricing, Reserved Names,

Blocking, etc.

• UDRP

IANA Stewardship and ICANN

Accountability

IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability

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Historic Milestone Reached

• Cross-Community Working Group sent transition plan to US

Government for approval on March 10, 2016

United States oversight will end pending NTIA approval

• No one government “owns” the internet

• No one sector “controls” the internet

• Multi-stakeholder, self governing model

Work to be done

• Accountability “sticking issues”

Human rights

Government influence

ICANN mission statement/remit/scope

Whois

Registration Directory Services

Whois/Registration Directory Services Projects

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“Thick Whois” – implementation

Privacy/Proxy Services Accreditation Final Report

• Approval stalled at government level

• Implementation stage imminent

Next Generation Registration Directory Services

• Leadership team chosen

• Expert “polling” for sub-teams – issue splitting will follow threshold

questions

• Threshold question – What is the PURPOSE of RDS?

Abuse Reporting: Registrars and

ICANN Compliance

Abuse Reporting: Registrars and ICANN

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Education and communication initiative about abuse reporting

to Registrars

When to ask ICANN Compliance, when to ask Registrars

Role of Registrars

• 2013 RAA – narrow definitions

• General practices

Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy

Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy

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Policy Background

Requirements of new program

• Current and new registrant must approve all registrant changes

• 60-day transfer lock to prevent domain hijacking (opt out clause)

Goes into effect August 1, 2016

Implementation details forthcoming

How To Get Involved

More Information

Source: ICANN 52 Singapore

Consider Active Participation

ICANN Business Constituency

• Bizconst.org

Intellectual Property Constituency

• Ipconstituency.org

Brand Registry Group

• Brandregistrygroup.org

Q&A

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