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)
- IAG-CCT Final Report (26 September 2014) and revised Combined Advice from GNSO and ALAC on metrics (10 September 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)
- CCT Metrics (Regularly updated metrics recommended by IAG-CCT and adopted by Board, see #6)
- 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.
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)
- 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)
- New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
- Applicant Guidebook
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)
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
Rights Protection Mechanisms
GAC safeguards
Other