chronology

This page is under construction. It provides a basic chronology of ICANN, the UDRP and ACPA. A more general timeline about communications history is here and there is a detailed chronology for auDA.

     prehistory

1967 Engelbart establishes ARPAnet NIC (Network Information Center) at Stanford Research Institute

1971 Karp suggests "host mnemonics", precursor of DNS

1981 Miller describes Domain Name System (DNS)

1984 domain name system (DNS) introduced

1984 .au TLD delegated to Melbourne University's Robert Elz by US National Science Foundation (NSF)

1985 first dot-coms registered

1985 UK is first registered ccTLD

1990 Elz delegates some responsibility to Geoff Huston of Sydney University

1992 US National Science Foundation (NSF) appoints NSI to manage .com, .net, and .org domain names

1994 US government privatises internet management

1995 NSF allows NSI to charge for domain registrations

1996 Elz delegates responsibility for .com 2LD to commercial unit of Melbourne University, subsequently floated as Melbourne IT

1997 International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) releases Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding (gTLD-MoU)

1997 Australian Domain Name Administration (ADNA) established as a nongovernment body but does not proceed

1998 US Government commissions A Proposal to Improve Technical Management of Names and Addresses Green Paper from Ira Magaziner

1998 criticisms of Green Paper reflected in White Paper on Management of Internet Names & Addresses that calls for creation of nonprofit corporation (ICANN) to handle consensus-based technical management of the net's infrastructure

1998 US asks World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to conduct consultative study on domain name/trademark issues

1998 dot-AU Working Group established under Commonwealth auspices but gets bogged down

1998 Australian National Office for the Information Economy agrees to facilitate creation of Australian internet self-regulatory regime, with transfer of authority from Robert Elz to new entity

     ICANN

1998 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) established

1999 WIPO report recommends uniform dispute resolution policy (UDRP) for all registrars in the .com, .net and .org TLDs

1999 ICANN Board accepts the DNSO recommendation for UDRP

1999 WIPO and NAF approved as first dispute-resolution service providers under UDRP

1999 first UDRP proceeding (worldwrestlingfederation.com) commenced

1999 US enacts Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)

     auDA

1999 auDA established to manage .au TLD

1999 first auDA Board election

2000 ICANN creates new gTLDs (eg .info and .biz)

2000 eResolution approved as third UDRP arbitrator

2000 CPR approved as fourth UDRP service provider

2000 first UDRP proceeding (worldwrestlingfederation.com) decided

2000 WIPO seeks comments on trademark and domain name issues

2000 WIPO releases 'Best Practice' guidelines

2000 Geist's paper on ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Processes

2001 auDA consultation exercise about competition, dispute resolution and names policy

2001 auDA gains formal delegation for .au TLD

2001 eResolution withdraws from UDRP

2001 WIPO issues interim report on UDRP

     reconstruction?

2002 updated version of Geist's Fair.com paper

2002 study of UDRP by Max Planck Institute

2002 Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre replaces eResolution



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