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		<title>Michael D. Palage &#45; CircleID</title>
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		<description>Postings from Michael D. Palage on CircleID</description>
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		<dc:date>2011-12-01T08:04:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> The Death of TLD Front Running (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In an article published over two years ago, I cited a disturbing trend of third parties seeking to obtain national trademark registrations in an apparent attempt to game ICANN's new gTLD process. While many of these applications have withered and died on the vine some have sneaked through. However, it appears that the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has issued a very well-reasoned and articulate opinion... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111201_the_death_of_tld_front_running">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-12-01T08:04:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> IANA Checkmate - Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice Shame on Me (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In connection with the recent publication of the IANA RFP, there have been some commenters that have proclaimed that removing the requirement of the Contractor to document the consensus of relevant stakeholders in connection with the delegation of new gTLDs from the original draft Statement of Work as a win for ICANN. However, when reading the recently revised IANA RFP language in light of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Dakar Communiqué, a rather compelling legal case can be made... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/iana_checkmate_fool_me_once_shame_on_you_fool_me_twice_shame_on_me">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-11-28T19:28:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Inconsistencies in ICANN New TLD Application Fees (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In preparation for Monday's Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Working Group call, I spent some time reviewing various documents in connection with what are ICANN's actual costs in reviewing top-level domain name applications. One thing that caught my attention was the following metric in Rod Beckstrom's most recent CEO Monthly One Page Metric Report. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/inconsistencies_in_icann_new_tld_application_fees">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-09-16T10:56:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN Hubris Knows No Ends (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_hubris_knows_no_ends</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Despite all signs pointing to a launch of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) program in Singapore, it seems like ICANN could not help poking the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) in the eye one last time. In the latest installment of how a California not for profit technical coordinating body knows best, we have the ICANN Evidence of "Use" Requirement for Trademark Protection document. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_hubris_knows_no_ends">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-18T18:19:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Bring a Responsible Closure to the New gTLD Process - The Home Stretch (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/bring_a_responsible_closure_to_the_new_gtld_process_the_home_stretch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last year, the ICANN Board and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) have constructively worked through a long list of their differences contained in the GAC scorecard. As we near the finish line with Monday's scheduled ICANN Board meeting to approve the Applicant Guidebook, there remains a small handful of issues that will hopefully be resolved in a similar responsible manner during Sunday's ICANN Board/GAC consultation. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/bring_a_responsible_closure_to_the_new_gtld_process_the_home_stretch">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-18T18:15:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Ensuring Last Minute GAC Safeguards (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In light of some changes contained in the most recent Applicant Guidebook as well as some of the proposed contractual provisions contained in the recent IANA Statement of Work, there is a potential growing justification to make some necessary last minute changes to the legal terms and conditions contained in Module 6 of the Applicant Guidebook. Specifically, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and its individual members have a clearly defined role in the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) process... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/ensuring_last_minute_gac_safeguards">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-18T18:00:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> What ICANN Can Learn from Humpty Dumpty (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have been an active participant in the ICANN "grand experiment" from the beginning. An experiment in which a private sector led organization was entrusted by the Internet community and governments to be a trustee of a global public resource. However, at no time during my twelve years of participation in ICANN have I been more concerned about the long term viability of this organization than I do now heading into the Singapore meeting. Failure of the ICANN Board to do the right thing in Singapore will have a profound impact on the future of the private sector led model. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/what_icann_can_learn_from_humpty_dumpty">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-29T09:27:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Bringing a Responsible Closure to the gTLD Implement Process (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last Friday ICANN released an updated new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Applicant Guidebook that appears to have taken a number of positive steps toward closing the divide between the ICANN Board and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). One of the more important changes to the Applicant Guidebook was the following text... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110418_bringing_a_responsible_closure_to_the_gtld_implement_process">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-18T11:52:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> A Phased Array Early Warning System (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The following is a proposal for an "Early Warning" system to resolve one of the remaining impasses between the ICANN Board and the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) as identified in the GAC Scorecard. Based upon phased array radar technology, this proposal is designed to incorporate multiple discrete evaluation phases into the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program to provide an integrated and comprehensive early warning system for the GAC in providing advice to the ICANN Board, potential applicants, and the broader Internet community. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/a_phased_array_early_warning_system">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-07T08:16:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Still Missing in Action (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After wading through the various IANA Notice of Inquiry (NOI) submissions I thought I would take a break and do a secondary review of the recently concluded ICANN regional meeting in San Francisco. In doing this review there were three things that kind of jumped out at me as still missing in action. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/still_missing_in_action">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-04T17:52:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> GAC New gTLD No Fly Zone (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have struggled over the past couple of weeks to come up with a metaphor to succinctly describe the standoff between the ICANN Board and the ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC) over the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) implementation process. So here's my best attempt to explain these dynamics in terms a layperson may be better to understand. I chose the metaphor for its timeliness, without meaning to offend anyone. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110315_gac_new_gtld_no_fly_zone">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-03-15T10:25:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Inquiring About the "Unthinkable" (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There has been no shortage of speculation within the ICANN community regarding the continued show down between the ICANN Board and its Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) over new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) and the pending expiration of the IANA contract this September. Now one of the more interesting topics of discussion that I have had with multiple independent parties was the potential of ICANN making changes to the L root zone file... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110310_inquiring_about_the_unthinkable">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-03-10T08:35:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN's New gTLD Double Standard? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over the last two days I have sat in a room and watched a rather interesting dynamic unfold between the ICANN Board and its Government Advisory Committee (GAC). While I remain optimistic of there being a responsible closure to the new gTLD implementation process within the next six months, an apparent double standard being used by the ICANN Board could be a potential stumbling block. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_new_gtld_double_standard">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-03-01T19:40:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> New gTLDs and Children (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At first blush most are unlikely to see the relationship between new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) and children. However, as a father and someone that has worked with approximately 50% of all new gTLDs approved by ICANN over the last decade, I have a unique perspective that may shed some light on this analogy. Hopefully, as the ICANN community begins to seek closure in connection with the new gTLD implement process, this article may offer one perspective as to what lies ahead. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_gtlds_and_children">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-02-27T20:56:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> New gTLD Auctions and Potential Unintended Consequences (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Auctions will play a critical role in ICANN's new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) process, the only question is whether they reinforce ICANN's position as a steward of a global public resource, or undermine it. Auctions are one of two widely used mechanisms used in the allocation of scarce global resources, the other being a comparative analysis (aka beauty contest). ... This paper seeks to highlight those potential unintended consequences and propose a more equitable model consistent with ICANN's role as a steward of public global resource. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_gtld_auctions_and_potential_unintended_consequences">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-01-26T01:47:00-08:00</dc:date>
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