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CCT Review Team Background
CCTRT-Commissioned Studies and Research
- Analysis Group Economic Studies
- Analysis Group, Phase I Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program (September 2015), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-09-28-en
- Analysis Group, Phase II Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program (October 2016), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-10-11-en
- Nielsen Consumer Surveys
- Nielsen, ICANN Global Consumer Research (April 2015), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-29-en
- Nielsen, ICANN Global Consumer Research Wave 2 (June 2016), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-06-23-en
- Nielsen Registrant Surveys
- Nielsen, ICANN Global Registrant Survey (September 2015), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-25-en
- Nielsen, ICANN Global Registrant Survey Wave 2 (August 2016), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-09-15-en
- Nielsen, ICANN Application Process Survey (December 2016), https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56135378/2016%20ICANN%20Application%20Process%20Report.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1482246915000&api=v2
- AM Global Consulting, New gTLDs and the Global South: Understanding Limited Global South Demand in the Most Recent New gTLD Round and Options Going Forward (October 2016), https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56135378/New%20gTLDs%20and%20the%20Global%20South%20--%20Understanding%20Limited%20Demand%20and%20Options%20Going%20Forward%2010-31-16.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1478055284445&api=v2
- Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in gTLDs
- DNS Abuse Study Intermediate Report (June 2017)
- "Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in gTLDs" Report (August 2017)
- ICANN Operations and Policy Research, New gTLD Program Safeguards Against DNS Abuse: Revised Report (July 2016), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-18-en
- ICANN, Program Implementation Reviews Report (January 2016), http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/implementation/draft-program-review-16sep15-en.pdf
- ICANN, Rights Protection Mechanisms Review: Revised Report (September 2015), http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/rpm/rpm-review-11sep15-en.pdf
- CCT Metrics Page (regularly updated metrics recommended by Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) on CCT metrics and adopted by Board)
- Board resolution evaluating suggested GNSO and ALAC metrics for CCT review (18 July 2013)
- Implementation Advisory Group for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (IAG-CCT) Wiki (2013-2014)
- Interim Recommendations from the IAG-CCT (4 March 2014)
- Board Resolution on the Collection of Benchmarking Metrics for the New gTLD Program (27 March 2014
- (12 February 2015)
- IAG-CCT Final Report (26 September 2014)
- and revised Combined Advice from GNSO and ALAC on metrics (10 September 2014)
- Interim Recommendations from the IAG-CCT (4 March 2014)
- Implementation Advisory Group for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (IAG-CCT) Wiki (2013-2014)
- Board Resolution on the Collection of Benchmarking Metrics for the
- (27 March 2014)
- Board resolution evaluating suggested GNSO and ALAC metrics for CCT review (18 July 2013)
- CCT Metrics collection memo. Metrics_Collection_Memo.pdf
- Metrics remaining for discussion
Remaining metrics for discussion.pdf
- Nielsen consumer (29 May 2015) and registrant (25 September 2015) survey: Commissioned in response to IAG-CCT interim recommendations in response to subset of 11 metrics.
- Analysis Group Phase 1 economic study (28 September 2015): Commissioned in response to IAG-CCT interim recommendations in response to subset of 3 metrics.
- Global Consumer Research Survey - Final Report (23 June 2016)
- Global Registrant Survey Final Phase (15 September 2016)
- Registrant Survey additional requests (2 0September 2016)
New gTLD Program History, Development and Implementation
- Consumer Awareness of New gTLDs: Highlights and Links (review of existing research)
- GAC Top 30 Category 1 Strings with Public Interest Commitments (PICs)
Zooknic ccTLD data (As of Dec. 2015)
Zooknic ccTLD data (as of Mar 2016)
- LAC TLD market shares, concentration ratios and HHIs (March 2017)
New gTLD Registrations/Registries/Registrars Research
- gTLD registrations spreadsheet
- New gTLD registrations available in COM (2016)
- Existing registrations in COM against new gTLDs (2016)
- New gTLD registrations available in COM (2018)
- Existing registrations in COM against new gTLDs (2018)
- New gTLD Registrations of Brand TLD TM Strings 10-18-16
- Basic Market Share Calculations (Project 1) - 8.25.2016
- Basic Registry Market Structure Calculations (Project 2) - 9.7.2016
- gTLD Registry Price Analysis (Project 3) - 8.25.2016
- Registrar Competition within Registries (Project 4) - 9.11.2016
- Registry Market Segmentation Analysis (Project5)_8.25.2016
- Registrar Count Analyses (Project 6) - 9.30.2016
- Registry Service Providers (RSPs) by gTLD Registrations
- Registry Service Providers by Jurisdiction and ICANN Regions (24 May 2017)
- List of Registry Agreement assignments
- gTLD registrations spreadsheet
- NTLDStats.com (3 March 2017): Parking Analysis of Legacy gTLDs
NTLDStats.com (30 May 2017): Parking Definitions - LAC concentration ratios and HHIs (country-specific registration data for gTLDs in the LAC region from the LAC Marketplace Study, combined with ccTLD data from Zooknic)
- INTA New gTLD Cost Impact Survey (April 2017)
INTA New gTLD Impact Study Status Report II (May 2017, Updated August 2017) - Parking, Renewal and Correlation Analysis
Background Materials
Future Rounds: Policy development and reviews
- GNSO Non-PDP Discussion Group, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures and preliminary report
- GAC Working Groups on the Protection of Geographic Names
- GAC Underserved Regions Working Group
- CCWG on Use of Country and Territory Names
New gTLD Program History, Development and Implementation
- New gTLD application status page
- ICANN’s founding and New gTLD Program History
- Base Registry Agreement
- Katz, Rosston, and Sullivan (December 2011), “Economic Considerations in the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names: Phase II Report: Case Studies," https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/phase-two-economic-considerations-03dec10-en.pdf
- Katz, Rosston, and Sullivan (June 2010), "An Economic Framework for the Analysis of the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names," https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/economic-analysis-of-new-gtlds-16jun10-en.pdf
- New gTLD Program: Benchmarking of Registry Operations (February 2010)
- Affirmation of Commitments (December 2009)
- ICANN’s founding and New gTLD Program History
- Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)
- Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
- Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
- GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
- Board adopts GNSO’s 19 policy recommendations (26 June 2008)
- Applicant Guidebook
- New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
- NTIA letter to ICANN on AGB and competition issues in New gTLD Program (18 December 2008)
- New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
- GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
- Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
- Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
- Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)Applicant Guidebook
Application Processing and Contracting
- Application window opens (Announcement, 11 January 2012)
- Priority draw (Announcement, Draw held 17 December 2012)
- About Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) (ICANN.org)
- About the New gTLD Program's objection process and contention resolution processes (ICANN.org)
- About new gTLD contracting (Base contract and other relevant documents, ICANN.org)
- FAQ about Spec 11 (PICs) (4 March 2013)
- About Spec 13 (.BRANDS) (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
- About Registry Operator Code of Conduct (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
- Summary of application withdrawals
- Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption RequestConsumer awareness summary
Post-Contracting, Registry Start-up and RPMs
- About pre-delegation testing (newgtlds.icann.org)Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) Overview
- TLD Startup Information , (including sunriseSunrise, trademark claims and other periods (newgtlds.icann.org) Trademark Claims and Qualified Launch Periods)
- Applications to Qualify for Specification 13 to the Registry Agreement (for .brand TLDs)
- Trademark Clearinghouse (newgtlds.icann.orgTMCH)
- UDRP
- URS
- Compliance
Future Rounds
- GNSO Non-PDP Discussion Group, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures and preliminary report
- Program Implementation Reviews Report
- GAC Working Groups on the Protection of Geographic Names
- GAC Underserved Regions Working Group
- CCWG on Use of Country and Territory Names
Foundational documents
- Overview
- Liu, Rafert, and Seim, "Independent Review of Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Services Draft Report"
- Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) Policy
- Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) Overview
- ICANN Contractual Compliance Page
- 2009 Trademark Protection IRT report
- Registry Transition Processes
- Affirmation of Commitments
- 2007 GNSO Policy Recommendations
- Applicant Guidebook
- Base Registry Agreement
- 2011 Board approval of AGB
- 2011 Board resolution approving the New gTLD Program
Name collisions
- SSAC Advisory on Name Collisions
- DNS Namespace Collisions Final Report
- List of singular/plural strings
- String Confusion Panelists
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- 2009 Trademark Protection IRT report
- RPM Review Report
Summary of public comments on RPM Report
Safeguards
Voluntary PICs
- Top 30_GAC Category 1 String_PICs.xlsx
- Advice requested by the ICANN Board regarding definitions, measures, and targets for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice
- PICs FAQs
ccTLD
Trademarks
gTLD Registrations
Abuse
Application Withdrawals
Other
Safeguards and Public Interest Commitments (PICs)
- GAC Advice Overview
- GAC Category 1 Strings (“highly regulated sectors”) with PICs
- List of rights protection, technical, and Spec 11 safeguards
- PICs FAQs
- 2017: Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report - Hacking the Human
Abuse
Links to CCTRT Report References
- Ben Edelman, “Registrations in Open ccTLDs,” last modified 22 July 2002, https://cyber.harvard.edu/archived_content/people/edelman/open-cctlds/
- M.L. Katz and C. Shapiro, “Systems Competition and Network Effects,” 8 Journal of Economic Perspectives 93 (1994)
- H. Leibenstein, “Bandwagon, Snob, and Veblen Effects in the Theory of Consumers’ Demand,” 64 Quarterly Journal of Economics 183 (1950)
- T. Halvorson, M.F. Der, I. Foster, S. Savage, L.K. Saul, and G.M. Voelker, “From .academy to .zone: An Analysis of the New TLD Land Rush"
- R.D. Willig, “Merger Analysis, Industrial Organization Theory, and Merger Analysis, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Microeconomics), M.N. Bailey and C. Winston, eds., 1991, p. 310.
- Latin American and Caribbean DNS Marketplace Study
- P.A. Pautler, “Evidence on Mergers and Acquisitions,” The Antitrust Bulletin, 2003
- Market Structure: Theory and Evidence,” in Handbook of Industrial Organization, Vol. III, M. Armstrong and R.H. Porter (Editors), North-Holland, 2007
- T.F. Bresnahan, “Empirical Studies of Industries with Market Power,” Handbook of Industrial Organization, Vol. II, R. Schmalensee and R.D. Willig (Editors), North-Holland, 1989
- Coates, IV, John C. and Hubbard, R. Glenn, Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry: Evidence and Implications for Policy (August 2007). Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 592
- P.M Parker and L.-H. Roller, “Collusive Conduct in Duopolies: Multimarket Contact and Cross-ownership in the Mobile Telephone Industry,” RAND Journal of Economics, 1997
- J. Hausman, “Mobile Telephone,” in M.E
- Cave, S.K. Majumdar, and I. Vogelsang (editors), Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Volume I, Elsevier, 2002
- T. Penard, “Competition and Strategy on the Mobile Telephone Market: a Look at the GSM Business Model in France,” Communications and Strategies, 2002
- Horizontal Merger Guidelines, Issued: August 19, 2010, pp. 18-19
- T. Halvorson, J. Szurdi, G. Maier, M. Felegyhazi, C. Kreibich, N. Weaver, K. Levchenko, and V. Paxon, “The BIZ Top-Level Domain: Ten Years Later,” in N. Taft and F. Ricciato (Eds.): PAM 2012, LNCS 7192, pp. 221-230, 2012, p. 228
Other Links and Background Materials
- Other historical documents
- New gTLD application status
- WHOIS Primer
- WHOIS Policy Review Team report
- SSR Review Team report
- RSPs by gTLD registrations
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