Last Friday, ICANN concluded its 37th Meeting with a meeting of the ICANN Board, during which the Board scrapped the Expressions of Interest or "EOI" proposal. In reading through the transcript of the discussion, it is evident that some of the members of the Board harbored reservations about the time line for the EOI, which was to progress concurrently with the implementation of the New TLD Program.
Particularly in light of the fact that the EOI proposal was intended to move the New TLD Program forward, the title of the press release announcing the resolution to scrap the EOI is at least noteworthy: "ICANN Board Stays on Course for Launch of New gTLD Program," which avers, "ICANN will continue to concentrate effort on the resolution of remaining issues and the development of operational resources for launch of the program."
For trademark owners, the next development to keep an eye out for at this point is the release of the latest incarnation of the Draft Applicant Guidebook, which should be published prior to the next ICANN Meeting in Brussels in late June. The DAG should include the three elements referenced below in a previous post: Trademark Clearinghouse, Uniform Rapid Suspension Procedure and Post Dispute Delegation Resolution Procedure, all of which we will be discussing here in detail over the next few posts.
Presumably as a first step in the latest push for the New TLD Program, ICANN will host a webinar March 17th to discuss the implementation of the New TLD Program.
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