At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Advice to the ICANN Board on New gTLD Contention Resolution
This Advice was submitted to the ICANN Board on 21 June 2024. For complete historical information on the development of this Advice, visit the At-Large workspace: ALAC Advice to the ICANN Board on New gTLD Contention Resolution and the At-Large website: https://atlarge.icann.org/policy-summary.
| Recommendation | Description | Phase |
|---|---|---|
The ALAC advises the ICANN Board to ban all forms of post-application private resolution of contention sets, including joint-ventures regardless of claims as good-faith joint ventures, with possible one exception - where there are community-based applications in direct contention with one another and two or more of them prevail in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE), then ICANN may postpone the auction for a limited period of time to allow such parties to reach a settlement before proceeding to auction involving only them (as currently provided for in section 4.2.2 of the 2012 Application Guidebook). | Phase 2 | Understand | |
| The ALAC advises the ICANN Board to adjust the ICANN Auction of Last Resort to an auction process methodology comparable to a Vickrey Auction (sealed-bid second-price auction) requiring each gTLD string application to be accompanied by an auction bid at the time the application is submitted, and prior to any indication of possible contention sets being formed. | Phase 2 | Understand |
