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Independent Objector for New gTLD Program Selected

In Case You Missed It

ICANN selects Professor Alain Pellet as the Independent Objector for the New Generic Top-level domain program. The Independent Objector acts solely in the interest of the public who use the global Internet.

The WHOIS Policy Review Team, constituted under ICANN‘s Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, submitted its Final Report and Recommendations to the ICANN Board and has been posted for public comments as of May 11th, 2012.

World Research Group is hosting “The Generic Top-Level Domain Name Summit : The Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Financial, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, and Other Branding Companies Since ICANNs Program”, on September 13, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Applicants Notified, Now When’s the Reveal?

Just shy of a full month of TAS being offline, ICANN has announced they have notified all users who could were affected by the glitch on April 12th. ICANN notified users in four categories:

  • Users who did not have file names or usernames viewed
  • Users who had one or more file names and/or user names that may have been viewed by another user
  • Users who may have seen the file names and/or usernames of one or more other users
  • Users who had one or more file names and/or user names that may have been viewed, and who also may have been able to see file name and/or username information of other users

What we will still be waiting for is the “reveal date.” If ICANN continues with the timeframe set forth in April, an anticipated reveal date would two weeks after the TAS closes, if there are no other unexpected hiccups.

With the step of notifying applicants, ICANN can now work towards a date to reopen the TAS for applications. The anticipated date for reopening is 22 May 2012 with a closing date of 30 May 2012.

ICANN Sends Notifications to All Users That May Have Been Affected

ICANN has provided notice to all users to let them know whether they may have been affected by the technical glitch in theTLD application system, or TAS.

ICANN is targeting May 22nd, 2012 to reopen TAS, and anticipate that the system would remain open for five business days and close on 30 May.

Since the application window opened in January, ICANN has received over 2,091 applicants and collected $350 Million.

 

 

 

 

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