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# '''Trademark Protection'''- While there are 3 trademark mechanisms in place, one of them, the Trademark Claims Notice Service, can be turned off the day after [[Sunrise]].
 
# '''Trademark Protection'''- While there are 3 trademark mechanisms in place, one of them, the Trademark Claims Notice Service, can be turned off the day after [[Sunrise]].
 
# '''Registrar Code of Conduct'''- A new [[Registry]] agreement was developed for the new gTLD program, but ICANN neglected to do something similar for [[registrar]]s.
 
# '''Registrar Code of Conduct'''- A new [[Registry]] agreement was developed for the new gTLD program, but ICANN neglected to do something similar for [[registrar]]s.
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===.com Renewal===
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In August, 2012, 3 of [[ICANN]]'s Constituencies ([[ALAC]], [[GNSO]] [[Business Constituency]], [[GNSO]] [[Intellectual Property Constituency]]) sent a letter to the organization complaining that the organization held its renewal talks with [[Verisign]] behind closed doors and the result is that there are no [[Whois|Thick Whois]] requirements for the .com TLD.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/08/21/constituencies-blast-icanns-closed-door-verisign-com-contract-renewal/ Constituencies Blast ICANNs Closed Door Verisign Com Contract Renewal, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
    
==External Links==
 
==External Links==