ARI Registry Services Public Comments – Qualified Launch Program for New gTLD Registries

[Yasmin Omer <Yasmin.Omer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ARI Registry Services Public Comments – Qualified Launch Program for New gTLD 
Registries
ARI Registry Services (ARI) welcomes this opportunity to provide input on the 
Qualified Launch Program for New gTLD Registries (QLP) to ICANN.

ARI’s comments focus primarily on the technical feasibility of the QLP document 
from the perspective of a new gTLD Registry Operator and are contained herein.
Sunrise List
Section 2 of the QLP document makes reference to a ‘Sunrise List’ provided to 
the Registry Operator by the TMCH Sunrise and Claims Provider containing the 
labels attributable to Sunrise-Eligible Rights Holders.
To mitigate the risk of confusion, ARI would like to ensure that there is a 
common understanding amongst stakeholders that the Domain Name Label (DNL) 
List[1] in its current format does not serve the purposes of the abovementioned 
Sunrise List;

·         The DNL List only contains labels for which the Trademark Claims 
Service option (a TMCH user setting) is enabled;

·         The DNL List contains labels for which a SMD File has not been 
allocated; and

·         Labels for which SMD Files have been allocated may not appear on the 
DNL List where the user has not elected to enable the Trademark Claims Service.
In order to facilitate the Registry Operator’s review of the Sunrise List as 
contemplated by section 4 of the QLP document, ARI supports the creation of a 
new Sunrise List that specifies which labels are attributable to 
Sunrise-Eligible Rights Holders.


Regards,

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YASMIN OMER
Policy & Industry Affairs Officer

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[1] As described in the TMCH Functional Specifications 
draft-lozano-tmch-func-spec-08; 
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lozano-tmch-func-spec-08