ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 13 June 2014
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace
12 June 2014 | Six (6) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the introduction of two-character domain names in the New gTLD namespace. In total, the requests concern 148 New gTLDs.
Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements
12 June 2014 | ICANN's Policy Development Support Staff recently assumed day-to-day oversight of ICANN's public comment infrastructure. This responsibility includes coordinating, evaluating, developing and implementing targeted improvements to all of ICANN's community input and feedback mechanisms.
.PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program
12 June 2014 | The City of Paris' application for an Approved Launch Program pursuant to Section 4.5.2 of the Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements (the "TMCH Requirements") is being posted for comment to give the community an opportunity to review and provide feedback.
Public Comment Invited: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundling
10 June 2014 | Public Interest Registry, the registry operator for .NGO and .ONG TLDs, submitted a request to provide a new registry service to offer support for mandatory technical bundling of second level domains for .NGO and .ONG.
Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published
10 June 2014 | ICANN today announced the publication of the final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" report by JAS Global Advisors ("JAS").
Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London
10 June 2014 | Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Christopher Mondini and Nora Abusitta for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for civil society participants.
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22-26 June 2014: 50th International Public ICANN Meeting – London
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