New TLD contracting
New TLD contracting
Application
The TLD Application System (TAS) is ICANN’s online application system for registering new gTLDs. Applicants were required to register and submit their completed applications within the designated time frame in order to be considered [1].
Contracting Information Request (CIR)
CIR Substantive Review
Registry Agreement (with Code of Conduct Exemptions)
Pre-Delegation Testing
The Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) process allows ICANN to determine if registries meet specific “technical and operational requirements” [2] deemed necessary to maintain a new gTLD.
Post-Delegation Processes
Sunrise Period
The Sunrise Period gives trademark holders a minimum of 30 days to register domain names that match their trademarks before these names become publicly accessible. [3] Additionally, notice must be given to all trademark holders in the clearinghouse when new gTLDs enter this process. [4]
Trademark Clearinghouse
Registries are required to submit new gTLDs to the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMC or TMCH), which was established in order to protect intellectual and trademarked property. Attempts to register a mark that is already within the system will lead to notification. [5]
Registry Onboarding
- ↑ gTLD Applicant Guidebook, pdf version 2012-06-04
- ↑ Milestone: First of the Contracted Registries Pass Pre-Delegation Testing, http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-26aug13-en
- ↑ FAQs: Trademark Clearinghouse, http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/faqs
- ↑ gTLD Applicant Guidebook, pdf version 2012-06-04, p. 296
- ↑ FAQs: Trademark Clearinghouse, http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/faqs