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On Thursday February 26, Bruce Tonkin, CTO of Melbourne IT and Mike Rodenbaugh of Rodenbaugh Law  and former Yahoo! IP attorney, presented a webinar on the changes to the New gTLD process.

As Bruce Tonkin explained, several of the key changes to the current draft gTLD proposal are:

• Application dates being pushed out to late 2009
  • ICANN will publish all applications after their initial review
• There will be both an objection and public comment period regarding the applications
• A refund schedule for withdrawal of applications at various stages
• Reduction in ongoing annual registration fees from $75,000 US to $25,000 US

Below are links that will enable you to download a PDF of the presentation, or view and listen to a recording of the web session.

Listen to a recording of the presentation.

Additional web sessions will be scheduled to go over news coming out of the March ICANN meeting being held in Mexico City.  Please check back for dates and times.

In anticipation of a revised gTLD proposal being available prior to the Mexico ICANN meeting, Melbourne IT has scheduled two webinar sessions on Thursday, February 26 to review the changes and new information. Dr. Bruce Tonkin, Melbourne IT CTO and ICANN Board Member, and Mike Rodenbaugh an expert in IP law, will be highlighting and commenting on the changes and updates to the revised draft proposal document.  At the conclusion of the webinar, they will take questions from the listening audience.

Webinar for Europe:

Date:  Thursday, February 26, 2009
Time: 3:00 PM CET (Central European Time) – 9:00 AM EST (US Eastern Time)
Click Here to Register

Webinar for the US:

Date:  Thursday, February 26, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon EST (US Eastern Time)
Click Here to Register

ICANN previously announced plans to publish the second draft gTLD Request for Proposal in late February prior to their meeting in Mexico City.  In anticipation of the revised document becoming available, Melbourne IT is planning to host a web seminar on Thursday February 26, to outline the revisions within the proposal document. Mark your calendar and plan on joining us for this informative session.  Exact times and registration details will be posted as soon as details are available on the release of the revised RFP.