Going to the Next Level

Although the EU General Data Protection Regulation and its effects on access to registrant data has been at the top of the Internet policy agenda, the issue of how to administer the next round of applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), remains.  It’s unclear when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open a new application period—but that doesn’t mean brand owners shouldn’t be prepared.