As reported on this blog on 23 and 28 April 2010, ICANN has consulted with an open drafting consultation group on several issues relating to implementation of the new gTLD program. Earlier this year the “Temporary Drafting Group” group met twice to discuss the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Process and the process for future amendments to the registry agreement for new gTLDs.

ICANN will convene a third consultation on 8 September 2010 at 18:30 UTC (http://timeanddate.com/s/1tre) to review and discuss community comments (http://forum.icann.org/lists/4gtld-base/) submitted on draft version 4 of the proposed new gTLD registry agreement (http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-specs-clean-28may10-en.pdf).

If you would like to participate, please submit your name to tdg-legal@icann.org, and we will provide you with call information when it is available.

Staff Responsible: John Jeffrey, General Counsel and Secretary