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Studies, Research, and Background Materials

Studies, Research, and Background Materials

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CCTRT Data Source Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e7ubkhsST2nigbsLkbHD-6RLVI5hkM9iOA2o0788u08/edit#gid=195144325


CCTRT-Commissioned Studies and Research

  1. Analysis Group Economic Studies 
    1. 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
    2. 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
      1. Registry market segmentation analysis
      2. Analysis Group responses to questions from CCTRT on Phase 2 Assessment 

  2. Nielsen Consumer Surveys
    1. Nielsen, ICANN Global Consumer Research (April 2015), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-29-en
    2. Nielsen, ICANN Global Consumer Research Wave 2 (June 2016), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-06-23-en

  3. Nielsen Registrant Surveys 
    1. Nielsen, ICANN Global Registrant Survey (September 2015), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-25-en
    2. Nielsen, ICANN Global Registrant Survey Wave 2 (August 2016), https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-09-15-en
      1. Nielsen responses to questions from CCTRT on Registrant Survey Wave 2 (September 2016) 

  4. Nielsen, ICANN Application Process Survey (December 2016), https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/102137870/2016%20ICANN%20Application%20Process%20Report.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1482246915000&api=v2
    1. Application Process Data Tables
    2. Nielsen Application Process Survey Findings slides (2016)

  5. 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://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/102137870/New%20gTLDs%20and%20the%20Global%20South%20--%20Understanding%20Limited%20Demand%20and%20Options%20Going%20Forward%2010-31-16.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1478055284445&api=v2

  6. Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in gTLDs
    1. DNS Abuse Study Intermediate Report (June 2017) 
    2. "Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in gTLDs" Report (August 2017)

  7. 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
    1. Key contract provisions pertaining to abuse 

  8. ICANN, Program Implementation Reviews Report (January 2016), http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/implementation/draft-program-review-16sep15-en.pdf 
    1. Report of public comments on the Program Implementation Reviews Report

  9. ICANN, Rights Protection Mechanisms Review: Revised Report (September 2015), http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/rpm/rpm-review-11sep15-en.pdf

  10. CCT Metrics Page (regularly updated metrics recommended by Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) on CCT metrics and adopted by Board)
    1. 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)
    2. IAG-CCT Final Report (26 September 2014) and revised Combined Advice from GNSO and ALAC on metrics (10 September 2014)
    3. Interim Recommendations from the IAG-CCT (4 March 2014)
    4. Implementation Advisory Group for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (IAG-CCT) Wiki (2013-2014)
    5. 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)
    6. Board resolution evaluating suggested GNSO and ALAC metrics for CCT review (18 July 2013)
    7. CCT Metrics collection memo
    8. Remaining metrics for discussion

  11. Consumer Awareness of New gTLDs: Highlights and Links (review of existing research) 

  12. GAC Top 30 Category 1 Strings with Public Interest Commitments (PICs) 

  13. Zooknic ccTLD data (As of Dec. 2015)


  14. Zooknic ccTLD data (as of Mar 2016)

  15. LAC TLD market shares, concentration ratios and HHIs (March 2017)

  16. New gTLD Registrations/Registries/Registrars Research

    1. gTLD registrations spreadsheet
    2. New gTLD registrations available in COM (2016)
    3. Existing registrations in COM against new gTLDs (2016) 
    4. New gTLD registrations available in COM (2018) 
    5. Existing registrations in COM against new gTLDs (2018)
    6. New gTLD Registrations of Brand TLD TM Strings 10-18-16
    7. Basic Market Share Calculations (Project 1) - 8.25.2016
    8. Basic Registry Market Structure Calculations (Project 2) - 9.7.2016
    9. gTLD Registry Price Analysis (Project 3) - 8.25.2016
    10. Registrar Competition within Registries (Project 4) - 9.11.2016
    11. Registry Market Segmentation Analysis (Project5)_8.25.2016
    12. Registrar Count Analyses (Project 6) - 9.30.2016
    13. Registry Service Providers (RSPs) by gTLD Registrations
    14. Registry Service Providers by Jurisdiction and ICANN Regions (24 May 2017)
    15. List of Registry Agreement assignments

  17. NTLDStats.com (3 March 2017): Parking Analysis of Legacy gTLDs
    NTLDStats.com (30 May 2017): Parking Definitions

  18. 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)

  19. INTA New gTLD Cost Impact Survey (April 2017)
    INTA New gTLD Impact Study Status Report II (May 2017, Updated August 2017)

  20. Parking, Renewal and Correlation Analysis
    1. Pearson Linear Correlation Analysis of Parking and Renewal Rates
    2. TLD Renewals Parking


Background Materials 

Future Rounds: Policy development and reviews

  1. GNSO Non-PDP Discussion Group, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures and preliminary report
  2. GAC Working Groups on the Protection of Geographic Names
  3. GAC Underserved Regions Working Group
  4. CCWG on Use of Country and Territory Names

New gTLD Program History, Development and Implementation

  1. New gTLD application status page 
  2. ICANN’s founding and New gTLD Program History
  3. Base Registry Agreement
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. New gTLD Program:  Benchmarking of Registry Operations (February 2010)
  7. Affirmation of Commitments (December 2009)
  8. Board adopts GNSO’s 19 policy recommendations (26 June 2008)
  9. Applicant Guidebook 
    1. New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
    2. NTIA letter to ICANN on AGB and competition issues in New gTLD Program (18 December 2008)
    3. Applicant Guidebook historical documentation
  10. GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
  11. Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
  12. Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
  13. Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)

Application Processing and Contracting

  1. Application window opens (Announcement, 11 January 2012)
  2. Priority draw (Announcement, Draw held 17 December 2012)
  3. About Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) (ICANN.org)
  4. About the New gTLD Program's objection process and contention resolution processes (ICANN.org)
  5. About new gTLD contracting (Base contract and other relevant documents, ICANN.org)
  6. About Spec 13 (.BRANDS) (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
  7. About Registry Operator Code of Conduct (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
  8. Summary of application withdrawals
  9. Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Request

Post-Contracting, Registry Start-up and RPMs

  1. Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) Overview 
  2. TLD Startup Information (including Sunrise, Trademark Claims and Qualified Launch Periods) 
  3. Applications to Qualify for Specification 13 to the Registry Agreement (for .brand TLDs)
  4. Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Overview
  5. Liu, Rafert, and Seim, "Independent Review of Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Services Draft Report"
  6. Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) Policy
  7. Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) Overview
  8. ICANN Contractual Compliance Page
  9. 2009 Trademark Protection IRT report
  10. Registry Transition Processes 

Name collisions

  1. SSAC Advisory on Name Collisions
  2. DNS Namespace Collisions Final Report
  3. List of singular/plural strings
  4. String Confusion Panelists

Safeguards and Public Interest Commitments (PICs)

  1. GAC Advice Overview
  2. GAC Category 1 Strings (“highly regulated sectors”) with PICs
  3. List of rights protection, technical, and Spec 11 safeguards
  4. PICs FAQs
  5. 2017: Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report - Hacking the Human

Abuse

  1. The Domain Tools Report - 2017

Links to CCTRT Report References 

  1. Ben Edelman, “Registrations in Open ccTLDs,” last modified 22 July 2002, https://cyber.harvard.edu/archived_content/people/edelman/open-cctlds/
  2. M.L. Katz and C. Shapiro, “Systems Competition and Network Effects,” 8 Journal of Economic Perspectives 93 (1994)
  3. H. Leibenstein, “Bandwagon, Snob, and Veblen Effects in the Theory of Consumers’ Demand,” 64 Quarterly Journal of Economics 183 (1950)
  4. 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"
  5. 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.
  6. Latin American and Caribbean DNS Marketplace Study
  7. P.A. Pautler, “Evidence on Mergers and Acquisitions,” The Antitrust Bulletin, 2003
  8. Market Structure: Theory and Evidence,” in Handbook of Industrial Organization, Vol. III, M. Armstrong and R.H. Porter (Editors), North-Holland, 2007
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. J. Hausman, “Mobile Telephone,” in M.E
  13. Cave, S.K. Majumdar, and I. Vogelsang (editors), Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Volume I, Elsevier, 2002
  14. T. Penard, “Competition and Strategy on the Mobile Telephone Market: a Look at the GSM Business Model in France,” Communications and Strategies, 2002
  15. Horizontal Merger Guidelines, Issued: August 19, 2010, pp. 18-19
  16. 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 

  1. WHOIS Primer 
  2. WHOIS Policy Review Team report 
  3. Final Report of the Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (2012)