Description of TLD Policies

bizTRAC

October 2, 2000

.biz TLD Regulatory and Advisory Council

181 Hudson Street, Suite 7c

New York, NY, 10013

(212) 274-8655

Contents

Preface: Definition of Terms

I.  GENERAL TLD POLICIES

E1              The Purpose of The New TLD
E1.1            Consumer Protection
E2               TLD String
E3               Naming Conventions
E4               Registrars

E5              Intellectual Property Provisions
E5.0.1         General Approach
E5.0.2         A Summary of the Procedure for Name Approval After Start-Up Period
E5.0.3         Trade Mark Searches
E5.0.4         Listing of Names Applied For
E5.0.5         Substantially Similar Names  
E5.0.6         Major Marks
E5.0.7         Disputes
E5.1-E5.6    Specific Answers to Questions on Application

E6              Dispute Resolution
E7              Data Privacy, Escrow, and Whois Data
E7.1           Data Privacy
E7.2           Data Escrow
E7.3           Whois Data
E.9             Services and Pricing

II.  REGISTRATION POLICIES DURING THE START-UP PERIOD

E11            Introduction
E11.1         Summary of Approach

E11.2         The Initial Name Lottery

E11.3         Additional Protection For Existing Marks During the Start Up Period

E12            Addressing “Initial Rush” of Registrants

E13            Limits per Registrant

E14            Pricing Mechanisms

E15            Sunrise Period

III. REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS

E16.           Registration Restrictions
E16.1         Summary of Approach
E16.2         Name Registration
E16.2.1      Company Name Registration
E16.2.2      Product Line Registration
E16.3         Name Reservation
E16.4         Waiting List
E16.5         Substantially Similar Names

Registration, Reservation, Maintenance and Transfer Criteria
E16.6         Criteria for Application
E16.7         Registration Eligibility Criteria
E16.8         Reservation Eligibility Criteria
E16.9         Registration Renewal Criteria
E16.10       Minimum Maintenance Criteria
E16.11       Registration Transfer Criteria
E16.12       Registration Administrators

Registration, Reservation and Transfer Process
E16.13       Registration Application Process
E16.14       Reservation Application Process
E16.15       Registration Transfer Process

E16.16       Appeal Process
E16.17       SLD Ongoing Enforcement of TLD Policies
E17-E21     Specific Answers to Questions on Application

IV  CONTEXT OF THE TLD WITHIN THE DNS

E22           Context Of The TLD Within The DNS
E23           Distinguishing Features of TLD
E24           Community Served

E25 & E26 How Proposal Meets Unmet Needs and Use to Internet Users
E27           Enhancement of Competition

V.  VALUE OF PROPOSAL AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT

E28          Value Of Proposal As A Proof Of Concept
E29          Concepts Likely To Be Proved Or Disproved
E30          Assessment
E31          Benefits For Long-Range Management of DNS
E32          Benefits of Introduction Now