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
- 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
- CCT Metrics page (regularly updated metrics recommended by Implementation Advisory Group on CCT metrics and adopted by Board)
- IAG-CCT Final Report (26 September 2014) and revised Combined Advice from GNSO and ALAC on metrics (10 September 2014)
- CCT Metrics collection memo
- Remaining metrics for discussion
Research/data spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e7ubkhsST2nigbsLkbHD-6RLVI5hkM9iOA2o0788u08/edit#gid=1951443254 |
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CCT Review Team Background
- 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 to Support the future AoC Review on Competition, Consumer Trust and Choice (27 March 2014)
- Board resolution: Recommendations for the Collection of Metrics for the New gTLD Program to Support the future AoC Review on Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (12 February 2015)
New gTLD Program History, Development and Implementation
- 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)
- 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)
- Applicant Guidebook
- New gTLD Program: Benchmarking of Registry Operations
Application Processing and Contracting
- Application window opens (Announcement, 11 January 2012)
- Priority draw (Announcement, Draw held 17 December 2012)
- About 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)
- Consumer awareness summary
Post-Contracting, Registry Start-up and RPMs
- About pre-delegation testing (newgtlds.icann.org)
- TLD Startup Information, including sunrise, trademark claims and other periods (newgtlds.icann.org)
- Trademark Clearinghouse (newgtlds.icann.org)
- 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
- 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
Rights Protection Mechanisms
- 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
- gTLD registrations
- New gTLD registrations available in COM
- 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
Abuse
Application Withdrawals
.COM vs new gTLDs
Other
- Other historical documents
- New gTLD application status
- WHOIS Primer
- WHOIS Policy Review Team report
- SSR Review Team report
- RSPs by gTLD registrations
- Analys Group Responses and support document from questions on their Phase 2 economic Study
- List of Registry Agreement assignments
- Nielsen Applicant Survey Findings
- New gTLDs and the Global South - Understanding Limited Demand and Options Going Forward
- An Economic Framework for the Analysis of the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names
- Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Request
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- LAC DNS Marketplace Study
- ICANN, Registry Transition Processes
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- Summit Strategies International, Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues, July 10, 2004
- Horizontal Merger Guidelines, Issued: August 19, 2010, pp. 18-19
- Strategies International, Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues, July 10, 2004
- M.L. Katz, G.L. Rosston, and T. Sullivan, “Economic Considerations in the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names, Phase II Report: Case Studies, December 2011
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- J. Liu, G. Rafert, and K. Seim, Independent Review of Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Services Draft Report