http://www.trademarkblog.ca/icann-proposal-to-end-domain-tasting/ Commentary on Canadian Trademarks & Technology Law Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:51:26 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.trademarkblog.ca/icann-proposal-to-end-domain-tasting/comment-page-1/#comment-37524 Canadian Trademark Blog » Motion to end Domain Tasting Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:12:06 +0000 http://www.trademarkblog.ca/icann-proposal-to-end-domain-tasting/#comment-37524 [...] As an update to an earlier post regarding domain name tasting, ICANN’s GNSO Council invites public comments and constituency impact statements regarding its draft proposal to curb domain tasting.  Under the proposal, any gTLD operator that has implemented an add grace period (”AGP”) would be prohibited from offering a refund for any domain name deleted during the AGP that exceeds 10% of its net new registrations for a month, or 50 domain names, whichever is greater.  The proposal also provides that an operator may seek an exemption for a particular month, upon documented showing of extraordinary circumstances.  As well, the draft proposal states that ICANN staff will monitor implementation and execution of the recommendations.  (For more information about domain tasting, see the GNSO Initial Report.) [...] [...] As an update to an earlier post regarding domain name tasting, ICANN’s GNSO Council invites public comments and constituency impact statements regarding its draft proposal to curb domain tasting.  Under the proposal, any gTLD operator that has implemented an add grace period (”AGP”) would be prohibited from offering a refund for any domain name deleted during the AGP that exceeds 10% of its net new registrations for a month, or 50 domain names, whichever is greater.  The proposal also provides that an operator may seek an exemption for a particular month, upon documented showing of extraordinary circumstances.  As well, the draft proposal states that ICANN staff will monitor implementation and execution of the recommendations.  (For more information about domain tasting, see the GNSO Initial Report.) [...]

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