Premium domain sales and founders programs are among the now industry-standard practices that would be essentially banned under the current draft of the TMCH rules, they say.
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2.2.4 Registry Operator MUST NOT allow a domain name to be reserved or registered to a registrant who is not a Sunrise-Eligible Rights Holder prior to the conclusion of the Sunrise Period.
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What this means is that trademark owners get first dibs on pretty much every possible string in every gTLD.
The requirements document is still just a draft, and discussions are ongoing.
“It’s certainly not our intention to restrict business models,” Lenz said.
http://domainincite.com/12695-will-t...remium-domains
What will happen to IDN aligning?
Would anyone here bother to voice this issue to ICANN?