Postponing Right Protections Mechanisms Report for ICANN

A new solicitation was sent to GNSO via email from the Policy Director at ICANN to postpone the date of releasing the first report about the present situation of the instruments for rights safeguarding used for the current and latest appeared gTLDs which also include the UDRP and URS.

On old decision of the council had required that this report should not be delayed with more than eighteen months after the acceptance of a new gTLD.

As explanations or causes for this delay was offered the fact that there is a big amount of work needed to release the report and there is an impressive number of staff members engaged in other projects already.

Even if the council’s answer cannot be predicted, there is a high chance that it will be granted in the end. If the answer is positive, the policy development phase will not begin sooner than the first part of 2016, due to the fact that there are many issues to take into consideration in the meantime.

The estimated time before this task is completed is about one year (or even more) and this should lead to a full report deliverance which should include all the necessary reviewed recommendations for the community of users.