ICANN's new top-level domain name pre-registration scheme is disputed or postponed

Lead: Online World Network edition writes today that ICANN's plan to launch thousands of top-level domain names is at a crossroads: At the end of January, public opinion will determine whether the plan will be accelerated or postponed. ICANN is planning to launch a number of top-level domain names this year, including. Jazz,. Sport,. Food, which is now receiving feedback from the public on a plan to request a new top-level domain name organization to adopt a pre-registration process. If the program is approved, the organization applying for the top-level domain will need to submit a bid for the new top-level domain, and can complete the pre-registration process by depositing a total of USD 55,000 before providing the full application.　　The new process will be implemented as early as June this year. Afilias Senior vice president and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Roland Laplante (Roland LaPlante), who manages. info and. org domain names, says that the pre-registration process "can radically shorten the enterprise's decision on whether to request a top-level domain name, and that the new solution does not require a complete application document, There is no need to work out an internal business plan, just make or take decisions. "A small number of us CIO CIOs understand ICANN's new top-level domain name scheme and the possibility of improving speed through the pre-registration process," said Ken Chilva, a domain registrar and VeriSign CTO. "The programme has not attracted much attention," he said. Worryingly, the new scheme could lead to the phenomenon of malicious preemption. "ICANN is currently pointing out 280 top-level domain names, including the most widely used. com, as well as Germany's. de, China's. CN and other domestic domain names. The agency has been discussing a significant increase in the number of top-level domain names since 2007. In October 2009, however, potential domain bidders proposed a pre-registration scheme for domain names.　　The pre-registration process is actually an "expression of intent" (Expressions of acquires, referred to as "EOI"), allowing ICANN to realistically predict the status of the application for a domain name and to plan to apply for a list of top-level domain names. La said: "(pre-registration) process is an indicator of ICANN's true intentions of the real potential bidders." The question now is how much money the process needs, how much information needs to be provided and whether the information will be disclosed publicly. "Feedback for ICANN's new program will end until January 27, so far, ICANN has received more than 40 feedback, supporting and opposing the program almost as much as supporters plan to bid for the new top-level domain, with opponents including trademark attorneys and Heinz Food Company and aviation Systems company Lockheed Martin　　, opponents believe that it is premature to adopt a pre-registration process before the application process is completed. If the pre-registration process is not approved, the organization that applies for the new top-level domain needs to wait until 2011 until ICANN clarifies well-known trademarks and network security issues. (Sean)