DotAsia Update

AP* Retreat, APRICOT Taipei - 2008.02.24

Overview

• .Asia Sunrise

• .Asia Pioneer Domains Program

• .Asia Landrush

• Policy Development Activities

• Open AGM today: 5-7pm

.Asia Sunrise

.Asia Sunrise Policies & Process

• Policy Development Process– 4+3 public drafts before finalized policy document– Presentations at INTA, ICANN, APRICOT, etc.– Sunrise Addendum– Sunrise 3 Advisory

• Multi-phased Approach– Sunrise 1: Governmental Reserved Names– Sunrise 2: Registered Marks

• SR2a: Early Bird• SR2b: General Marks• SR2c: Extended Protection

– Sunrise 3: Entity Names (Company Names)

General .ASIA Sunrise Update• Number of Applications: 30,780

– Including: Pre-Sunrise, Sunrise 1, Sunrise 2, Sunrise 3 and Pioneer Domains Program (Community / Global Brand / Partner)

• Successful Sunrise Process– 100% Satisfied or Very Satisfied (Manage IP online poll)– 90% success rate experienced (vs. ~50%)– 0 dispute received so far (vs. 000s of disputes)

• General Conclusions– Meeting expectations and objectives– Calm and fair process– Strong foundation for growth– Participation reflects maturity of IPR community

.Asia Pioneer Domains Program

Original Pioneer Domains Program• Pioneer Domains Categories:

– Global Brand Pioneers– Community Pioneers– Partner Pioneers

• Total 1015 Domains Applied For– Some Highlights: yahoo.asia, time.asia, aig.asia

cosmopolitan.asia, amazon.asia, sonyericsson.asia, movies.asia, hotels.asia, business.asia

– Applicants coming from more than 30 countries

• Application Process: Jul 11–Sep 10, 2007– Evaluation Team & Public Comment (via ICANNWiki)– Challenge Period Adjudicated by WIPO (0 disputes)

Celebrity & Social Pioneer Domains

• Total 1418 Domains Applied For– Jan 16 – Feb 13, 2008

• Celebrity Pioneer Program– India: Bollywood Stars (ShibaniKashyup.Asia, etc.) and

Cricket Legend (KapilDev.Asia)– China: Olympic Gold Medlists (Gaomin.Asia, etc.)– Japan: ChageAska.Asia, Sawa.Asia, etc.– Hong Kong: over 700 artists through the HKPAG

• Social Pioneer Program– MuseumofWorldReligions.Asia, APNIC.Asia,

APIA.Asia, APRICOT.Asia, YouthFoundation.Asia, APCERT.Asia (CERT.Asia), etc.

.Asia Landrush

2008.02.20 – 2008.03.12

Launched: Feb 20, 2008, 12:00UTC

• Total 300,000 Applications after First Day– 266,663 Landrush Applications– 30,780 Sunrise & Original Pioneers– 1,418 Celebrity & Social Pioneers

• Active Participation from Asia– 5 out of top 10 registrars from Asia– 35% applicants from Asia (40% from North America;

24% from Europe)

• About 28,000 domains with more than 1 application

Landrush Process

• Not First-Come-First-Served– Feb 20 – Mar 12, 2008 (3 weeks)– More than one application for same domain: Auction– Single Application: allocated directly, No Auction

• Landrush Concept– Stable, secure, logical, calm– Equal chance to obtain domain one wants– Encourage usage and real deployment of domains

• Go Live: March 26, 2008– First-Come-First-Served

Policy Development Activities

Policy Development Processes

• Dispute Resolution Policy / Process– UDRP as basis– Adding additional DRP forums (ccTLD DRPs)

• Expedited Suspension– Phishing Attacks: Anti-Phishing Work Group (APWG)– Gross Copyright Infringement: Motion Picture

Association (MPA)

• Advisory Council– Expanding and increasing participation (e.g.

Registrars)– Any volunteers?

Thank You! From.Asia/For.Asia!

Edmon Chung <edmon@registry.asia>Ching Chiao <chiao@registry.asia>

Rebecca Chan <rebecca@registry.asia>Leona Chen <leona@registry.asia>

Ping Wong <ping@registry.asia>