ICANN Updates

The question box went live two-and-a-half weeks prior to the start of ICANN’s 34th international public meeting in Mexico City. Its aim is to give members of the community an opportunity to ask questions of ICANN’s staff and Board without having to be physically present at the various public forum.

In response to the Public Comments regarding the draft Applicant Guidebook posted 24 October, 2008,  ICANN has created a dedicated WIKI space entitled, “New gTLD Overarching Issues.” This wiki will enable the community to view and post comments, upload proposals, documents and reports and leave feedback for ongoing dialogue related to the four overarching issues described in earlier postings.

As directed by ICANN’s Board in a recent resolution, the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) has formed an Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT).  The IRT has been formed to provide possible solutions to trademark issues raised in the new Generic Top-Level Domain (New gTLDs) implementation planning.