Context
With the ICANN Board’s acceptance of Advice item 2a(ii) of the Governmental Advisory Committee’s (GAC) ICANN80 Kigali Communiqué, the Board directed ICANN org to conduct a community-wide discussion on the resolution of contention sets in the next round of new gTLDs.
The goal of this discussion is to consider which mechanisms should be established for the resolution of contention sets in the next round of new gTLDs. The mechanism should be consistent with existing policy, operationally viable, agreeable to the community, and not have an impact on the current timeline.
To ensure the concerns expressed in the ICANN80 Kigali Communiqué and related GAC and ALAC Advice, the discussion will be structured to focus on two issues related to the resolution of contention sets:
- Alternatives to private auctions for the voluntary private resolution of contention sets by applicants, and
- Alternatives to the ICANN auction of last resort as the mechanism to resolve contention sets in the absence of any private resolution.
Resources
- Announcement | 2 August 2024
- Board Resolution | 29 July 2024
- ICANN80 Kigali Communiqué | 17 June 2024