rfc9361
Independent Submission G. Lozano
Request for Comments: 9361 ICANN
Category: Informational March 2023
ISSN: 2070-1721
ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Functional Specifications
Abstract
This document describes the requirements, the architecture, and the
interfaces between the ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) and
Domain Name Registries, as well as between the ICANN TMCH and Domain
Name Registrars for the provisioning and management of domain names
during Sunrise and Trademark Claims Periods.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Terminology
3. Glossary
4. Architecture
4.1. Sunrise Period
4.2. Trademark Claims Period
4.3. Interfaces
4.3.1. hv
4.3.2. vd
4.3.3. dy
4.3.4. tr
4.3.5. ry
4.3.6. dr
4.3.7. yd
4.3.8. dv
4.3.9. vh
4.3.10. vs
4.3.11. sy
4.3.12. sr
4.3.13. vc
4.3.14. cy
4.3.15. cr
5. Process Descriptions
5.1. Bootstrapping
5.1.1. Bootstrapping for Registries
5.1.1.1. Credentials
5.1.1.2. IP Addresses for Access Control
5.1.1.3. ICANN TMCH Trust Anchor
5.1.1.4. TMDB PGP Key
5.1.2. Bootstrapping for Registrars
5.1.2.1. Credentials
5.1.2.2. IP Addresses for Access Control
5.1.2.3. ICANN TMCH Trust Anchor
5.1.2.4. TMDB PGP Key
5.2. Sunrise Period
5.2.1. Domain Name Registration
5.2.2. Sunrise Domain Name Registration by Registries
5.2.3. TMDB Sunrise Services for Registries
5.2.3.1. SMD Revocation List
5.2.3.2. TMV Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
5.2.3.3. Notice of Registered Domain Names (NORDN)
5.2.4. Sunrise Domain Name Registration by Registrars
5.2.5. TMDB Sunrise Services for Registrars
5.3. Trademark Claims Period
5.3.1. Domain Registration
5.3.2. Trademark Claims Domain Name Registration by Registries
5.3.3. TMDB Trademark Claims Services for Registries
5.3.3.1. Domain Name Label (DNL) List
5.3.3.2. Notice of Registered Domain Names (NORDN)
5.3.4. Trademark Claims Domain Name Registration by Registrars
5.3.5. TMDB Trademark Claims Services for Registrars
5.3.5.1. Claims Notice Information Service (CNIS)
5.4. Qualified Launch Program (QLP) Period
5.4.1. Domain Registration
5.4.2. TMDB QLP Services for Registries
5.4.2.1. Sunrise List (SURL)
6. Data Format Descriptions
6.1. Domain Name Label (DNL) List
6.2. SMD Revocation List
6.3. List of Registered Domain Names (LORDN) File
6.3.1. LORDN Log File
6.3.1.1. LORDN Log Result Codes
6.4. Signed Mark Data (SMD) File
6.5. Trademark Claims Notice (TCN)
6.6. Sunrise List (SURL)
7. Formal Syntax
7.1. Trademark Claims Notice (TCN)
8. IANA Considerations
9. Security Considerations
10. Privacy Considerations
11. References
11.1. Normative References
11.2. Informative References
Acknowledgements
Author's Address
1. Introduction
Domain Name Registries may operate in special modes for certain
periods of time, enabling Trademark Holders to protect their rights
during the introduction of a Top-Level Domain (TLD).
Along with the introduction of new generic TLDs (gTLDs), two special
modes came into effect:
* Sunrise Period: The Sunrise Period allows Trademark Holders an
advance opportunity to register domain names corresponding to
their marks before names are generally available to the public.
* Trademark Claims Period: The Trademark Claims Period follows the
Sunrise Period and runs for at least the first 90 days of an
initial operating period of general registration. During the
Trademark Claims Period, anyone attempting to register a domain
name matching a mark that is recorded in the ICANN Trademark
Clearinghouse (TMCH) will receive a notification displaying the
relevant mark information.
This document describes the requirements, the architecture, and the
interfaces between the ICANN TMCH and Domain Name Registries (called
"Registries" in the rest of the document), as well as between the
ICANN TMCH and Domain Name Registrars (called "Registrars" in the
rest of the document) for the provisioning and management of domain
names during Sunrise and Trademark Claims Periods.
For any date and/or time indications, Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC) applies.
2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
XML is case sensitive. Unless stated otherwise, XML specifications
and examples provided in this document MUST be interpreted in the
character case presented in order to develop a conforming
implementation.
"tmNotice-1.0" is used as an abbreviation for
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:tmNotice-1.0". The XML namespace prefix
"tmNotice" is used, but implementations MUST NOT depend on it and
instead employ a proper namespace-aware XML parser and serializer to
interpret and output the XML documents.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0, as described in
[W3C.REC-xml-20081126], and XML Schema notation, as described in
[W3C.REC-xmlschema-1-20041028] and [W3C.REC-xmlschema-2-20041028],
are used in this specification.
3. Glossary
In the following section, the most common terms are briefly
explained:
Backend Registry Operator: An entity that manages (a part of) the
technical infrastructure for a Registry Operator. The Registry
Operator may also be the Backend Registry Operator.
CA: Certification Authority. See [RFC5280].
CNIS: Claims Notice Information Service. This service provides
Trademark Claims Notices (TCNs) to Registrars.
CRC32: Cyclic Redundancy Check. This algorithm is used in the ISO
3309 standard and in Section 8.1.1.6.2 of ITU-T recommendation
V.42.
CRL: Certificate Revocation List. See [RFC5280].
CSV: Comma-Separated Values. See [RFC4180].
datetime: Date and time. The date and time are specified following
the standard specification "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps". See [RFC3339].
DN: Domain Name. See [RFC8499].
DNL: Domain Name Label. The DNL is an A-label or a Non-Reserved LDH
(NR-LDH) label. See [RFC5890].
DNL List: A list of DNLs that are covered by a PRM.
DNROID: DN Repository Object IDentifier. This identifier is
assigned by the Registry to each DN object that unequivocally
identifies said DN object. For example, if a new DN object is
created for a name that existed in the past, the DN objects will
have different DNROIDs.
DNS: Domain Name System. See [RFC8499].
Effective Allocation: A DN is considered effectively allocated when
the DN object for the DN has been created in the SRS of the
Registry and has been assigned to the effective user. A DN object
in status "pendingCreate" or any other status that precedes the
first time a DN is assigned to an end user is not considered an
effective allocation. A DN object created internally by the
Registry for subsequent delegation to another Registrant is not
considered an effective allocation.
EPP: Extensible Provisioning Protocol. See [RFC8499].
FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name. See [RFC8499].
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. See [RFC9110].
HTTPS: HTTP over TLS (Transport Layer Security). See [RFC9110].
ICANN TMCH: A central repository for information to be
authenticated, stored, and disseminated, pertaining to the rights
of TMHs. The ICANN TMCH is split into two functions: TMV and TMDB
(see below). There could be several entities performing the TMV
function but only one entity performing the TMDB function.
ICANN TMCH-CA: The Certification Authority (CA) for the ICANN TMCH.
This CA is operated by ICANN. The public key for this CA is the
trust anchor used to validate the identity of each TMV.
IDN: Internationalized Domain Name. See [RFC8499].
Lookup Key: A random string of up to 51 characters from the set [a-
zA-Z0-9/] to be used as the lookup key by Registrars to obtain the
TCN using the CNIS. Lookup keys are unique and are related to one
DNL only.
LORDN: List of Registered Domain Names. This is the list of
effectively allocated DNs matching a DNL of a PRM. Registries
will upload this list to the TMDB (during the NORDN process).
Matching Rules: Some trademarks entitled to inclusion in the TMDB
include characters that are impermissible in the DNS as a DNL.
The TMV changes (using the ICANN TMCH Matching Rules
[MatchingRules]) certain DNS-impermissible characters in a
trademark into DNS-permissible equivalent characters.
NORDN: Notification of Registered Domain Names. This is the process
by which Registries upload their recent LORDN to the TMDB.
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy. See [RFC4880].
PKI: Public Key Infrastructure. See [RFC5280].
PRM: Pre-Registered Mark. A mark that has been pre-registered with
the ICANN TMCH.
QLP Period: Qualified Launch Program Period. During this optional
period, a special process applies to DNs matching the Sunrise List
(SURL) and/or the DNL List to ensure that TMHs are informed of a
DN matching their PRM.
Registrant: See the definition of Registrant in [RFC8499].
Registrar: Domain Name Registrar. See [RFC8499].
Registry: Domain Name Registry, Registry Operator. See [RFC8499].
A Registry Operator is the contracting party with ICANN for the
TLD.
SMD: Signed Mark Data. A cryptographically signed token issued by
the TMV to the TMH to be used in the Sunrise Period to apply for a
DN that matches a DNL of a PRM. See [RFC7848]. An SMD generated
by an ICANN-approved Trademark Validator (TMV) contains both the
signed token and the TMV's PKIX certificate.
SMD File: A file containing the SMD (see above) and some human-
readable data. The latter is usually ignored in the processing of
the SMD File. See Section 6.4.
SMD Revocation List: The SMD Revocation List is used by Registries
(and optionally by Registrars) during the Sunrise Period to ensure
that an SMD is still valid (i.e., not revoked). The SMD
Revocation List has a similar function as CRLs used in PKI.
SRS: Shared Registration System. See [ICANN-GTLD-AGB-20120604].
Sunrise Period: During this period, DNs matching a DNL of a PRM can
be exclusively obtained by the respective TMHs. For DNs matching
a PRM, a special process applies to ensure that TMHs are informed
on the effective allocation of a DN matching their PRM.
SURL: Sunrise List. The list of DNLs that are covered by a PRM and
are eligible for Sunrise.
TCN: Trademark Claims Notice, Claims Notice, Trademark Notice. A
Trademark Claims Notice consists of one or more Trademark Claims
and is provided to prospective Registrants of DNs.
TCNID: Trademark Claims Notice Identifier. An element of the
Trademark Claims Notice (see above), identifying said TCN. The
Trademark Claims Notice Identifier is specified in the element
<tmNotice:id>.
TLD: Top-Level Domain Name. See [RFC8499].
TMDB: Trademark Clearinghouse Database. This serves as a database
of the ICANN TMCH to provide information to the gTLD Registries
and Registrars to support Sunrise or Trademark Claims services.
There is only one TMDB in the ICANN TMCH that concentrates the
information about the "verified" trademark records from the TMVs.
TMH: Trademark Holder. The person or organization owning rights on
a mark.
TMV: Trademark Validator, Trademark Validation organization. An
entity authorized by ICANN to authenticate and validate
registrations in the TMDB, ensuring the marks qualify as
registered, are court-validated marks, or are protected by statute
or treaty. This entity would also be asked to ensure that proof
of use of marks is provided, which can be demonstrated by
furnishing a signed declaration and one specimen of current use.
Trademark, Mark: Marks are used to claim exclusive properties of
products or services. A mark is typically a name, word, phrase,
logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements.
For the scope of this document, only textual marks are relevant.
Trademark Claims, Claims: Provides information to enhance the
understanding of the trademark rights being claimed by the TMH.
Trademark Claims Period: During this period, a special process
applies to DNs matching the DNL List to ensure that TMHs are
informed of a DN matching their PRM. For DNs matching the DNL
List, Registrars show a TCN to prospective Registrants that has to
be acknowledged before effective allocation of the DN.
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time. This is maintained by the Bureau
International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). See [RFC3339].
4. Architecture
4.1. Sunrise Period
SMD hand over (out-of-band)
..............................................
: :
: .'''''''''''''''''''. :
: . ICANN TMCH . :
: ..................... :
v . . :
.------------. . .-------------. . hv .-----.
| Registrant | . | TMV |<---------->| TMH |
'------------' . '-------------' . vh '-----'
| . | ^ \ .
| . | | \.
tr | . vs | | dv \
| . | vd | .\
v . v v . \
.-----------. sr . .---------. . \
.->| Registrar |<..........| | . \
: '-----------' . | | . \
: | sy . | T | . \
: ry | .------------| M | . vc \
: | | . | D | . \
: v v . | B | . v
: .-----------. . yd | | . .---------------.
: | Registry |---------->| | . | ICANN TMCH-CA |
: '-----------' . '---------' . '---------------'
: ^ . . | :
: | ''''''''''''''''''' | :
: | cy | :
: cr '-----------------------------------------' :
:......................................................:
Figure 1: Architecture of the Sunrise Period
Figure 1 depicts the architecture of the Sunrise Period, including
all the actors and interfaces.
4.2. Trademark Claims Period
.''''''''''''''.
. ICANN TMCH .
................
. .
.------------. . .-------. . hv .-----.
| Registrant | . | TMV |<----------->| TMH |
'------------' . '-------' . vh '-----'
| . ^ .
| . | dv .
tr | . vd | .
v . v .
.-----------. dr . .-------. .
| Registrar |<--------| | .
'-----------' . | T | .
ry | . | M | .
v . | D | .
.----------. dy . | B | .
| Registry |<------->| | .
'----------' yd . '-------' .
. .
''''''''''''''
Figure 2: Architecture of the Trademark Claims Period
Figure 2 depicts the architecture of the Trademark Claims Period,
including all the actors and interfaces.
4.3. Interfaces
The subsections below contain short descriptions of each interface to
provide an overview of the architecture. More detailed descriptions
of the relevant interfaces are in Section 5.
4.3.1. hv
The TMH registers a mark with a TMV via the hv interface.
After successful registration of the mark, the TMV makes a Signed
Mark Data (SMD) File available (see Section 6.4) to the TMH to be
used during the Sunrise Period.
The specifics of the hv interface are beyond the scope of this
document.
4.3.2. vd
After successful registration of the mark, the TMV ensures the TMDB
inserts the corresponding DNLs and marks information into the
database via the vd interface.
The specifics of the vd interface are beyond the scope of this
document.
4.3.3. dy
During the Trademark Claims Period, the Registry fetches the latest
DNL List from the TMDB via the dy interface at regular intervals.
The protocol used on the dy interface is HTTPS.
This interface is not relevant during the Sunrise Period.
4.3.4. tr
The Registrant communicates with the Registrar via the tr interface.
The specifics of the tr interface are beyond the scope of this
document.
4.3.5. ry
The Registrar communicates with the Registry via the ry interface.
The ry interfaces are typically implemented in EPP.
4.3.6. dr
During the Trademark Claims Period, the Registrar fetches the TCN
from the TMDB (to be displayed to the Registrant via the tr
interface) via the dr interface. The protocol used for fetching the
TCN is HTTPS.
This interface is not relevant during the Sunrise Period.
4.3.7. yd
During the Sunrise Period, the Registry notifies the TMDB via the yd
interface of all DNs effectively allocated.
During the Trademark Claims Period, the Registry notifies the TMDB
via the yd interface of all DNs effectively allocated that matched an
entry in the DNL List that the Registry previously downloaded during
the creation of the DN.
The protocol used on the yd interface is HTTPS.
4.3.8. dv
The TMDB notifies the TMV via the dv interface of all effectively
allocated DNs that match a mark registered by that TMV.
The specifics of the dv interface are beyond the scope of this
document.
4.3.9. vh
The TMV notifies the TMH via the vh interface after an effectively
allocated DN matches a PRM of this THM.
The specifics of the vh interface are beyond the scope of this
document.
4.3.10. vs
The TMV requests to add revoked SMDs to the SMD Revocation List at
the TMDB.
The specifics of the vs interface are beyond the scope of this
document.
This interface is not relevant during the Trademark Claims Period.
4.3.11. sy
During the Sunrise Period, the Registry fetches the most recent SMD
Revocation List from the TMDB via the sy interface in regular
intervals. The protocol used on the sy interface is HTTPS.
This interface is not relevant during the Trademark Claims Period.
4.3.12. sr
During the Sunrise Period, the Registrar may fetch the most recent
SMD Revocation List from the TMDB via the sr interface. The protocol
used on the sr interface is the same as on the sy interface (see
above), i.e., HTTPS.
This interface is not relevant during the Trademark Claims Period.
4.3.13. vc
The TMV registers its public key and requests to revoke an existing
key with the ICANN TMCH-CA over the vc interface.
The specifics of the vc interface are beyond the scope of this
document, but it involves personal communication between the
operators of the TMV and the operators of the ICANN TMCH-CA.
This interface is not relevant during the Trademark Claims Period.
4.3.14. cy
During the Sunrise Period, the Registry fetches the most recent TMV
CRL file from the ICANN TMCH-CA via the cy interface at regular
intervals. The TMV CRL is used for validation of TMV certificates.
The protocol used on the cy interface is HTTPS.
This interface is not relevant during the Trademark Claims Period.
4.3.15. cr
During the Sunrise Period, the Registrar optionally fetches the most
recent TMV CRL file from the ICANN TMCH-CA via the cr interface at
regular intervals. The TMV CRL is used for validation of TMV
certificates. The protocol used on the cr interface is HTTPS.
This interface is not relevant during the Trademark Claims Period.
5. Process Descriptions
5.1. Bootstrapping
5.1.1. Bootstrapping for Registries
5.1.1.1. Credentials
Each Registry Operator will receive authentication credentials from
the TMDB to be used:
* during the Sunrise Period to fetch the SMD Revocation List from
the TMDB via the sy interface (Section 4.3.11),
* during the Trademark Claims Period to fetch the DNL List from the
TMDB via the dy interface (Section 4.3.3), and
* during the NORDN process to notify the LORDN to the TMDB via the
yd interface (Section 4.3.7).
Note: Credentials are created per TLD and provided to the Registry
Operator.
5.1.1.2. IP Addresses for Access Control
Each Registry Operator MUST provide the TMDB with all IP addresses,
which will be used to:
* fetch the SMD Revocation List via the sy interface
(Section 4.3.11),
* fetch the DNL List from the TMDB via the dy interface
(Section 4.3.3), and
* upload the LORDN to the TMDB via the yd interface (Section 4.3.7).
This access restriction MAY be applied by the TMDB in addition to
HTTP Basic access authentication (see [RFC7617]). For credentials to
be used, see Section 5.1.1.1.
The TMDB MAY limit the number of IP addresses to be accepted per
Registry Operator.
5.1.1.3. ICANN TMCH Trust Anchor
Each Registry Operator MUST fetch the PKIX certificate [RFC5280] of
the ICANN TMCH-CA (Trust Anchor) from <https://ca.icann.org/tmch.crt>
to be used:
* during the Sunrise Period to validate the TMV certificates and the
TMV CRL.
5.1.1.4. TMDB PGP Key
The TMDB MUST provide each Registry Operator with the public portion
of the PGP Key used by the TMDB, which is to be used:
* during the Sunrise Period to perform integrity checking of the SMD
Revocation List fetched from the TMDB via the sy interface
(Section 4.3.11) and
* during the Trademark Claims Period to perform integrity checking
of the DNL List fetched from the TMDB via the dy interface
(Section 4.3.3).
5.1.2. Bootstrapping for Registrars
5.1.2.1. Credentials
Each ICANN-Accredited Registrar will receive authentication
credentials from the TMDB to be used:
* during the Sunrise Period to (optionally) fetch the SMD Revocation
List from the TMDB via the sr interface (Section 4.3.12) and
* during the Trademark Claims Period to fetch TCNs from the TMDB via
the dr interface (Section 4.3.6).
5.1.2.2. IP Addresses for Access Control
Each Registrar MUST provide the TMDB with all IP addresses, which
will be used to:
* fetch the SMD Revocation List via the sr interface
(Section 4.3.12) and
* fetch TCNs via the dr interface (Section 4.3.6).
This access restriction MAY be applied by the TMDB in addition to
HTTP Basic access authentication (for credentials to be used, see
Section 5.1.2.1).
The TMDB MAY limit the number of IP addresses to be accepted per
Registrar.
5.1.2.3. ICANN TMCH Trust Anchor
Registrars MAY fetch the PKIX certificate of the ICANN TMCH-CA (Trust
Anchor) from <https://ca.icann.org/tmch.crt> to be used:
* during the Sunrise Period to (optionally) validate the TMV
certificates and TMV CRL.
5.1.2.4. TMDB PGP Key
Registrars MUST receive the public portion of the PGP Key used by
TMDB from the TMDB administrator to be used:
* during the Sunrise Period to (optionally) perform integrity
checking of the SMD Revocation List fetched from the TMDB via the
sr interface (Section 4.3.12).
5.2. Sunrise Period
5.2.1. Domain Name Registration
.------------. .-----------. .----------.
| Registrant | | Registrar | | Registry |
'------------' '-----------' '----------'
| | |
| Request DN | |
| registration | |
| (with SMD) | |
|---------------->| Check DN availability |
| |---------------------------->|
| | |
| | DN unavailable .-------------.
| DN unavailable |<--------------------( DN available? )
|<----------------| no '-------------'
| | | yes
| | DN available |
| |<----------------------------|
| | |
| | Request DN registration |
| | (with SMD) |
| |---------------------------->|
| | |
| | .------------------------------.
| | | DN registration validation / |
| | | SMD validation |
| | '------------------------------'
| | |
| Registration |.-----------. Error .----------------------.
| error || TRY AGAIN |<-----( Validation successful? )
|<----------------|| / ABORT | no '----------------------'
| |'-----------' | yes
| | |
| | DN registered |
| DN registered |<----------------------------|
|<----------------| |
| | |
Figure 3: Domain Name Registration during the Sunrise Period
Figure 3 represents a synchronous DN registration workflow (usually
called first come first served).
5.2.2. Sunrise Domain Name Registration by Registries
Registries MUST perform a minimum set of checks for verifying each DN
registration during the Sunrise Period upon reception of a
registration request over the ry interface (Section 4.3.5). If any
of these checks fail, the Registry MUST abort the registration. Each
of these checks MUST be performed before the DN is effectively
allocated.
In case of asynchronous registrations (e.g., auctions), the minimum
set of checks MAY be performed when creating the intermediate object
(e.g., a DN application) used for DN registration. If the minimum
set of checks is performed when creating the intermediate object
(e.g., a DN application), a Registry MAY effectively allocate the DN
without performing the minimum set of checks again.
Performing the minimum set of checks, Registries MUST verify that:
1. an SMD has been received from the Registrar, along with the DN
registration,
2. the certificate of the TMV has been correctly signed by the ICANN
TMCH-CA (the certificate of the TMV is contained within the SMD),
3. the datetime when the validation is done is within the validity
period of the TMV certificate,
4. the certificate of the TMV is not listed in the TMV CRL file
specified in the CRL distribution point of the TMV certificate,
5. the signature of the SMD (signed with the TMV certificate) is
valid,
6. the datetime when the validation is done is within the validity
period of the SMD based on <smd:notBefore> and <smd:notAfter>
elements,
7. the SMD has not been revoked, i.e., is not contained in the SMD
Revocation List, and
8. the leftmost DNL of the DN being effectively allocated matches
one of the label (<mark:label>) elements in the SMD. For
example, if the DN "xn--mgbachtv.xn--mgbh0fb" is being
effectively allocated, the leftmost DNL would be "xn--mgbachtv".
These procedures apply to all DN effective allocations at the second
level, as well as to all other levels subordinate to the TLD that the
Registry accepts registrations for.
5.2.3. TMDB Sunrise Services for Registries
5.2.3.1. SMD Revocation List
A new SMD Revocation List MUST be published by the TMDB twice a day,
by 00:00:00 and 12:00:00 UTC.
Registries MUST refresh the latest version of the SMD Revocation List
at least once every 24 hours.
Note: The SMD Revocation List will be the same regardless of the TLD.
If a Backend Registry Operator manages the infrastructure of several
TLDs, the Backend Registry Operator could refresh the SMD Revocation
List once every 24 hours, and the SMD Revocation List could be used
for all the TLDs managed by the Backend Registry Operator.
.----------. .------.
| Registry | | TMDB |
'----------' '------'
| |
.----------------. |
| Periodically, | |
| at least | |
| every 24 hours | |
'----------------' |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------->|
| Download the latest SMD Revocation List |
|<-----------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
Figure 4: Update of the SMD Revocation List
Figure 4 depicts the process of downloading the latest SMD Revocation
List initiated by the Registry.
5.2.3.2. TMV Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
Registries MUST refresh their local copy of the TMV CRL file at least
once every 24 hours using the CRL distribution point specified in the
TMV certificate.
Operationally, the TMV CRL file and CRL distribution point are the
same for all TMVs and (at publication of this document) are located
at <http://crl.icann.org/tmch.crl>.
Note: The TMV CRL file will be the same regardless of the TLD. If a
Backend Registry Operator manages the infrastructure of several TLDs,
the Backend Registry Operator could refresh the TMV CRL file once
every 24 hours, and the TMV CRL file could be used for all the TLDs
managed by the Backend Registry Operator.
.----------. .---------------.
| Registry | | ICANN TMCH-CA |
'----------' '---------------'
| |
.----------------. |
| Periodically, | |
| at least | |
| every 24 hours | |
'----------------' |
| |
|-------------------------------------------->|
| Download the latest TMV CRL file |
|<--------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
Figure 5: Update of the TMV CRL File
Figure 5 depicts the process of downloading the latest TMV CRL file
initiated by the Registry.
5.2.3.3. Notice of Registered Domain Names (NORDN)
The Registry MUST send a LORDN file containing DNs effectively
allocated to the TMDB (over the yd interface; see Section 4.3.7).
The effective allocation of a DN MUST be reported by the Registry to
the TMDB within 26 hours of the effective allocation of such DN.
The Registry MUST create and upload a LORDN file in case there are
effective allocations in the SRS that have not been successfully
reported to the TMDB in a previous LORDN file.
Based on the timers used by TMVs and the TMDB, the RECOMMENDED
maximum frequency to upload LORDN files from the Registries to the
TMDB is every 3 hours.
It is RECOMMENDED that Registries try to upload at least two LORDN
files per day to the TMDB, with enough time in between, in order to
have time to fix problems reported in the LORDN file.
The Registry SHOULD upload a LORDN file only when the previous LORDN
file has been processed by the TMDB and the related LORDN Log file
has been downloaded and processed by the Registry.
The Registry MUST upload LORDN files for DNs that are effectively
allocated during the Sunrise or Trademark Claims Periods (same
applies to DNs that are effectively allocated using applications
created during the Sunrise or Trademark Claims Periods in case of
using asynchronous registrations).
The yd interface (Section 4.3.7) MUST support at least one (1) and
MAY support up to ten (10) concurrent connections from each IP
address registered by a Registry Operator to access the service.
The TMDB MUST process each uploaded LORDN file and make the related
log file available for Registry download within 30 minutes of the
finalization of the upload.
.----------. .------. .-----. .-----.
| Registry | | TMDB | | TMV | | TMH |
'----------' '------' '-----' '-----'
| | | |
.------------------. | | |
| Periodically | | | |
| upload LORDN | | | |
| file | | | |
'------------------' | | |
| | | |
.--------->| Upload LORDN | | |
| |-------------------->| | |
| | | | |
| | .-------------------------. | |
| | | Verify each domain name | | |
| | | in the uploaded file | | |
| | | (within 30') | | |
| | '-------------------------' | |
| | | ._____.| |
| | Download Log file | | END || |
| |<--------------------| '-----'| |
| | | ^ | |
| .-----------------. .---------------. | | |
| | Check whether | / everything fine \ no | | |
| | Log file | ( (i.e., no errors )---' | |
| | contains errors | \ in Log file )? / | |
| '-----------------' '---------------' | |
| | | yes | |
| .---------------. | | |
| / everything fine \ yes | | |
|( (i.e., no errors )-----. | Notify TMVs | |
| \ in Log file )? / | | on the LORDN | |
| '---------------' | | pre-registered | |
| | no v | with said TMV | |
| .----------------. .------. |--------------->| |
'-| Correct Errors | | DONE | | | |
'----------------' '------' | | Notify each |
| | | affected TMH |
| | |-------------->|
| | | |
Figure 6: Notification of the Registered Domain Name
Figure 6 depicts the process to notify the TMH of Registered Domain
Names.
The format used for the LORDN is described in Section 6.3.
5.2.4. Sunrise Domain Name Registration by Registrars
Registrars MAY choose to perform the checks for verifying DN
registrations, as performed by the Registries (see Section 5.2.2)
before sending the command to register a DN.
5.2.5. TMDB Sunrise Services for Registrars
The processes described in Sections 5.2.3.1 and 5.2.3.2 are also
available for Registrars to optionally validate the SMDs received.
5.3. Trademark Claims Period
5.3.1. Domain Registration
.------------. .-----------. .----------. .------.
| Registrant | | Registrar | | Registry | | TMDB |
'------------' '-----------' '----------' '------'
| Request DN | | |
| registration | | |
|--------------->| Check DN availability | |
| |--------------------------->| |
| | DN unavailable .-------------. |
| DN unavailable |<-------------------( DN available? ) |
|<---------------| no '-------------' |
| | DN available | yes |
| |<---------------------------| |
| | Request lookup key | |
| |--------------------------->| |
| |.__________. .---------. |
| || CONTINUE | / Does DN \ |
| || NORMALLY |<--------( match DNL ) |
| |'----------' no \ of PRM? / |
| | '---------' |
| | Lookup key | yes |
| |<----------------------------' |
| | |
.-----. | | Request TCN |
|ABORT| | Display |---------------------------------------->|
'-----' | Claims | Return TCN |
^ | Notice |<----------------------------------------|
| no |<---------------| |
| .------. yes | |
'-( Ack? )----------->| Register DN (with TCNID) | |
'------' |--------------------------->| |
| Registration | Error .----------------------. |
| error |<-------------( Validation successful? ) |
|<---------------| no '----------------------' |
| | | yes |
| | DN registered | |
| DN registered |<---------------------------| |
|<---------------| | |
Figure 7: Domain Name Registration during the Trademark Claims Period
Figure 7 represents a synchronous DN registration workflow (usually
called first come first served).
5.3.2. Trademark Claims Domain Name Registration by Registries
During the Trademark Claims Period, Registries perform two main
functions:
* Registries MUST provide Registrars (over the ry interface; see
Section 4.3.5) the lookup key used to retrieve the TCNs for DNs
that match the DNL List.
* Registries MUST provide the lookup key only when queried about a
specific DN.
In the following instances, a minimum set of checks are described:
* For each DN matching a DNL of a PRM, Registries MUST perform a
minimum set of checks for verifying DN registrations during the
Trademark Claims Period upon reception of a registration request
over the ry interface (Section 4.3.5). If any of these checks
fail, the Registry MUST abort the registration. Each of these
checks MUST be performed before the DN is effectively allocated.
* In case of asynchronous registrations (e.g., auctions), the
minimum set of checks MAY be performed when creating the
intermediate object (e.g., a DN application) used for DN effective
allocation. If the minimum set of checks is performed when
creating the intermediate object (e.g., a DN application), a
Registry MAY effectively allocate the DN without performing the
minimum set of checks again.
* Performing the minimum set of checks, Registries MUST verify that:
1. The TCNID (<tmNotice:id>), expiration datetime
(<tmNotice:notAfter>), and acceptance datetime of the TCN have
been received from the Registrar, along with the DN
registration.
If the three elements mentioned above are not provided by the
Registrar for a DN matching a DNL of a PRM, but the DNL was
inserted (or reinserted) for the first time into the DNL List
less than 24 hours ago, the registration MAY continue without
this data, and the tests listed below are not required to be
performed.
2. The TCN has not expired (according to the expiration datetime
sent by the Registrar).
3. The acceptance datetime is within the window of time defined
by ICANN policy. In the gTLD round of 2012, Registrars
verified that the acceptance datetime was less than or equal
to 48 hours in the past, as there were no defined ICANN
policies at that time. Implementers should be aware that
ICANN policy may define this value in the future.
4. The TCN Checksum is computed using the leftmost DNL of the DN
being effectively allocated, the expiration datetime provided
by the Registrar, and the TMDB Notice Identifier extracted
from the TCNID provided by the Registrar. Verify that the
computed TCN Checksum matches the TCN Checksum present in the
TCNID. For example, if the DN "xn--mgbachtv.xn--mgbh0fb" is
being effectively allocated, the leftmost DNL would be "xn--
mgbachtv".
These procedures apply to all DN registrations at the second level,
as well as to all other levels subordinate to the TLD that the
Registry accepts registrations for.
5.3.3. TMDB Trademark Claims Services for Registries
5.3.3.1. Domain Name Label (DNL) List
A new DNL List MUST be published by the TMDB twice a day, by 00:00:00
and 12:00:00 UTC.
Registries MUST refresh the latest version of the DNL List at least
once every 24 hours.
.----------. .------.
| Registry | | TMDB |
'----------' '------'
| |
.----------------. |
| Periodically, | |
| at least | |
| every 24 hours | |
'----------------' |
| |
|-------------------------------->|
| Download the latest DNL List |
|<--------------------------------|
| |
| |
Figure 8: Update of the DNL List
Figure 8 depicts the process of downloading the latest DNL List
initiated by the Registry.
Note: The DNL List will be the same regardless of the TLD. If a
Backend Registry Operator manages the infrastructure of several TLDs,
the Backend Registry Operator could refresh the DNL List once every
24 hours, and the DNL List could be used for all the TLDs managed by
the Backend Registry Operator.
5.3.3.2. Notice of Registered Domain Names (NORDN)
The NORDN process during the Trademark Claims Period is almost the
same as during the Sunrise Period, as defined in Section 5.2.3.3; the
difference is that only registrations subject to a Trademark Claim
(i.e., at registration time, the name appeared in the current DNL
List downloaded by the Registry Operator) are included in the LORDN.
5.3.4. Trademark Claims Domain Name Registration by Registrars
For each DN matching a DNL of a PRM, Registrars MUST perform the
following steps:
1. Use the lookup key received from the Registry to obtain the TCN
from the TMDB using the dr interface (Section 4.3.6). Registrars
MUST only query for the lookup key of a DN that is available for
registration.
2. Present the TCN to the Registrant, as described in Exhibit A of
[RPM-Requirements].
3. Ask the Registrant for acknowledgement, i.e., the Registrant MUST
consent with the TCN, before any further processing. (The
transmission of a TCNID to the Registry over the ry interface
(Section 4.3.5) implies that the Registrant has expressed their
consent with the TCN.)
4. Perform the minimum set of checks for verifying DN registrations.
If any of these checks fail, the Registrar MUST abort the DN
registration. Each of these checks MUST be performed before the
registration is sent to the Registry. Performing the minimum set
of checks, Registrars MUST verify the following:
a. The datetime when the validation is done is within the TCN
validity based on the <tmNotice:notBefore> and
<tmNotice:notAfter> elements.
b. The leftmost DNL of the DN being effectively allocated
matches the label (<tmNotice:label>) element in the TCN. For
example, if the DN "xn--mgbachtv.xn--mgbh0fb" is being
effectively allocated, the leftmost DNL would be "xn--
mgbachtv".
c. The Registrant has acknowledged (expressed their consent
with) the TCN.
5. Record the date and time when the registrant acknowledged the
TCN.
6. Send the registration to the Registry (via the ry interface; see
Section 4.3.5) and include the following information:
* TCNID (<tmNotice:id>)
* Expiration date of the TCN (<tmNotice:notAfter>)
* Acceptance datetime of the TCN
Currently, TCNs are generated twice a day by the TMDB. The
expiration date (<tmNotice:notAfter>) of each TCN MUST be set to a
value defined by ICANN policy. In the gTLD round of 2012, the TMDB
set the expiration value to 48 hours into the future, as there were
no defined ICANN policies at that time. Implementers should be aware
that ICANN policy may define this value in the future.
Registrars SHOULD implement a cache of TCNs to minimize the number of
queries sent to the TMDB. A cached TCN MUST be removed from the
cache after the expiration date of the TCN, as defined by
<tmNotice:notAfter>.
The TMDB MAY implement rate limiting as one of the protection
mechanisms to mitigate the risk of performance degradation.
5.3.5. TMDB Trademark Claims Services for Registrars
5.3.5.1. Claims Notice Information Service (CNIS)
The TCNs are provided by the TMDB online and are fetched by the
Registrar via the dr interface (Section 4.3.6).
To get access to the TCNs, the Registrar needs the credentials
provided by the TMDB (Section 5.1.2.1) and the lookup key received
from the Registry via the ry interface (Section 4.3.5). The dr
interface (Section 4.3.6) uses HTTPS with Basic access
authentication.
The dr interface (Section 4.3.6) MAY support up to ten (10)
concurrent connections from each Registrar.
The URL of the dr interface (Section 4.3.6) is:
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/cnis/<lookupkey>.xml
Note that the "lookupkey" may contain slash characters ("/"). The
slash character is part of the URL path and MUST NOT be escaped when
requesting the TCN.
The TLS certificate (HTTPS) used on the dr interface (Section 4.3.6)
MUST be signed by a well-know public CA. Registrars MUST perform the
certification path validation described in Section 6 of [RFC5280].
Registrars will be authenticated in the dr interface using HTTP Basic
access authentication. The dr interface (Section 4.3.6) MUST support
HTTPS keep-alive and MUST maintain the connection for up to 30
minutes.
5.4. Qualified Launch Program (QLP) Period
5.4.1. Domain Registration
During the OPTIONAL Qualified Launch Program (QLP) Period (see
[QLP-Addendum]), effective allocations of DNs to third parties could
require that Registries and Registrars provide Sunrise and/or
Trademark Claims services. If required, Registries and Registrars
MUST provide Sunrise and/or Trademark Claims services, as described
in Sections 5.2 and 5.3.
The effective allocation scenarios are as follows:
* If the leftmost DNL of the DN being effectively allocated (QLP
Name in this section) matches a DNL in the SURL and an SMD is
provided, then Registries MUST provide Sunrise Services (see
Section 5.2), and the DN MUST be reported in a Sunrise LORDN file
during the QLP Period. For example, if the DN "xn--mgbachtv.xn--
mgbh0fb" is being effectively allocated, the leftmost DNL would be
"xn--mgbachtv".
* If the QLP Name matches a DNL in the SURL but does not match a DNL
in the DNL List and an SMD is NOT provided (see Section 2.2 of
[QLP-Addendum]), then the DN MUST be reported in a Sunrise LORDN
file using the special SMD-id "99999-99999" during the QLP Period.
* If the QLP Name matches a DNL in the SURL and also matches a DNL
in the DNL List and an SMD is NOT provided (see Section 2.2 of
[QLP-Addendum]), then Registries MUST provide Trademark Claims
services (see Section 5.3), and the DN MUST be reported in a
Trademark Claims LORDN file during the QLP Period.
* If the QLP Name matches a DNL in the DNL List but does not match a
DNL in the SURL, then Registries MUST provide Trademark Claims
services (see Section 5.3), and the DN MUST be reported in a
Trademark Claims LORDN file during the QLP Period.
The following table lists all the effective allocation scenarios
during a QLP Period:
+========+==========+=================+==============+==============+
| QLP | QLP | SMD Was | Registry | Registry |
| Name | Name | Provided by the | MUST Provide | MUST Report |
| Match | Match | Potential | Sunrise or | DN |
| in the | in the | Registrant | Trademark | Registration |
| SURL | DNL | | Claims | in <type> |
| | List | | Services | LORDN File |
+========+==========+=================+==============+==============+
| Y | Y | Y | Sunrise | Sunrise |
+--------+----------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+
| Y | N | Y | Sunrise | Sunrise |
+--------+----------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+
| N | Y | -- | Trademark | Trademark |
| | | | Claims | Claims |
+--------+----------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+
| N | N | -- | -- | -- |
+--------+----------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+
| Y | Y | N (see | Trademark | Trademark |
| | | Section 2.2 of | Claims | Claims |
| | | [QLP-Addendum]) | | |
+--------+----------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+
| Y | N | N (see | -- | Sunrise |
| | | Section 2.2 of | | (using |
| | | [QLP-Addendum]) | | special SMD- |
| | | | | id) |
+--------+----------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+
Table 1: QLP Effective Allocation Scenarios
The TMDB MUST provide the following services to Registries during a
QLP Period:
* SMD Revocation List (see Section 5.2.3.1)
* NORDN (see Section 5.2.3.3)
* DNL List (see Section 5.3.3.1)
* Sunrise List (SURL) (see Section 5.4.2.1)
The TMDB MUST provide the following services to Registrars during a
QLP Period:
* SMD Revocation List (see Section 5.2.3.1)
* CNIS (see Section 5.3.5.1)
5.4.2. TMDB QLP Services for Registries
5.4.2.1. Sunrise List (SURL)
A new SURL MUST be published by the TMDB twice a day, by 00:00:00 and
12:00:00 UTC.
Registries offering the OPTIONAL QLP Period MUST refresh the latest
version of the SURL at least once every 24 hours.
.----------. .------.
| Registry | | TMDB |
'----------' '------'
| |
.----------------. |
| Periodically, | |
| at least | |
| every 24 hours | |
'----------------' |
| |
|------------------------------->|
| Download the latest SURL |
|<-------------------------------|
| |
| |
Figure 9: Update of the SURL
Figure 9 depicts the process of downloading the latest SURL initiated
by the Registry.
Note: The SURL will be the same regardless of the TLD. If a Backend
Registry Operator manages the infrastructure of several TLDs, the
Backend Registry Operator could refresh the SURL once every 24 hours,
and the SURL could be used for all the TLDs managed by the Backend
Registry Operator.
6. Data Format Descriptions
6.1. Domain Name Label (DNL) List
This section defines the format of the list containing every DNL that
matches a Pre-Registered Mark (PRM). The list is maintained by the
TMDB and downloaded by Registries in regular intervals (see
Section 5.3.3.1). The Registries use the DNL List during the
Trademark Claims Period to check whether a requested DN matches a DNL
of a PRM.
The DNL List contains all the DNLs covered by a PRM present in the
TMDB at the datetime that the DNL List is generated.
The DNL List is contained in a CSV-formatted file that has the
following structure:
* first line: <version>,<DNL List creation datetime>
Where:
o <version>: version of the file. This field MUST be 1.
o <DNL List creation datetime>: date and time in UTC that the
DNL List was created.
* second line: a header line, as specified in [RFC4180]
With the header names as follows:
DNL,lookup-key,insertion-datetime
* One or more lines with: <DNL>,<lookup key>,<DNL insertion
datetime>
Where:
o <DNL>: a Domain Name Label covered by a PRM.
o <lookup key>: lookup key that the Registry MUST provide to
the Registrar. The lookup key has the following format:
<YYYY><MM><DD><vv>/<X>/<X>/<X>/<Random bits><Sequential
number>, where:
+ YYYY: year that the TCN was generated.
+ MM: zero-padded month that the TCN was generated.
+ DD: zero-padded day that the TCN was generated.
+ vv: version of the TCN; possible values are 00 and 01.
+ X: one hex character. This is the first, second, and
third hex character of encoding the <Random bits> in
base16, as specified in [RFC4648].
+ Random bits: 144 random bits encoded in base64url, as
specified in [RFC4648].
+ Sequential number: zero-padded natural number in the
range 0000000001 to 2147483647.
o <DNL insertion datetime>: datetime in UTC that the DNL was
first inserted into the DNL List. The possible two values
of time for inserting a DNL to the DNL List are 00:00:00 and
12:00:00 UTC.
Example of a DNL list:
1,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z
DNL,lookup-key,insertion-datetime
example,2013041500/2/6/9/rJ1NrDO92vDsAzf7EQzgjX4R0000000001,\
2010-07-14T00:00:00.0Z
another-example,2013041500/6/A/5/alJAqG2vI2BmCv5PfUvuDkf40000000002,\
2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z
anotherexample,2013041500/A/C/7/rHdC4wnrWRvPY6nneCVtQhFj0000000003,\
2011-08-16T12:00:00.0Z
Figure 10: Example DNL List
To provide authentication and integrity protection, the DNL List will
be PGP [RFC4880] signed by the TMDB (see Section 5.1.1.4). The PGP
signature of the DNL List can be found in the similar URI but with
extension .sig, as shown below.
The URLs of the dy interface (Section 4.3.3) are:
* https://<tmdb-domain-name>/dnl/dnl-latest.csv
* https://<tmdb-domain-name>/dnl/dnl-latest.sig
6.2. SMD Revocation List
This section defines the format of the list of SMDs that have been
revoked. The list is maintained by the TMDB and downloaded by
Registries (and optionally by Registrars) in regular intervals (see
Section 5.2.3.1). The SMD Revocation List is used during the Sunrise
Period to validate SMDs received. The SMD Revocation List has a
similar function as CRLs used in PKI [RFC5280].
The SMD Revocation List contains all the revoked SMDs present in the
TMDB at the datetime it is generated.
The SMD Revocation List is contained in a CSV-formatted file that has
the following structure:
* first line: <version>,<SMD Revocation List creation datetime>
Where:
o <version>: version of the file. This field MUST be 1.
o <SMD Revocation List creation datetime>: datetime in UTC
that the SMD Revocation List was created.
* second line: a header line, as specified in [RFC4180]
With the header names as follows:
smd-id,insertion-datetime
* One or more lines with: <smd-id>,<revoked SMD datetime>
Where:
o <smd-id>: identifier of the SMD that was revoked.
o <revoked SMD datetime>: revocation datetime in UTC of the
SMD. The possible two values of time for inserting an SMD
to the SMD Revocation List are 00:00:00 and 12:00:00 UTC.
To provide integrity protection, the SMD Revocation List is PGP
signed by the TMDB (see Section 5.1.1.4). The SMD Revocation List is
provided by the TMDB with extension .csv. The PGP signature of the
SMD Revocation List can be found in the similar URI but with
extension .sig, as shown below.
The URLs of the sr interface (Section 4.3.12) and sy interface
(Section 4.3.11) are:
* https://<tmdb-domain-name>/smdrl/smdrl-latest.csv
* https://<tmdb-domain-name>/smdrl/smdrl-latest.sig
Example of an SMD Revocation List:
1,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z
smd-id,insertion-datetime
2-2,2012-08-15T00:00:00.0Z
3-2,2012-08-15T00:00:00.0Z
1-2,2012-08-15T00:00:00.0Z
Figure 11: Example SMD Revocation List
6.3. List of Registered Domain Names (LORDN) File
This section defines the format of the List of Registered Domain
Names (LORDN), which is maintained by each Registry and uploaded at
least daily to the TMDB. Every time there is a DN matching a DNL of
a PRM, said DN is added to the LORDN, along with further information
related to its registration.
The URIs of the yd interface (Section 4.3.7) used to upload the LORDN
file are:
* Sunrise LORDN file:
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/<TLD>/sunrise
* Trademark Claims LORDN file:
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/<TLD>/claims
During a QLP Period, Registries MAY be required to upload Sunrise or
Trademark Claims LORDN files. The URIs of the yd interface used to
upload LORDN files during a QLP Period are:
* Sunrise LORDN file (during QLP Period):
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/<TLD>/sunrise/qlp
* Trademark Claims LORDN file (during a QLP Period):
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/<TLD>/claims/qlp
The yd interface (Section 4.3.7) returns the following HTTP status
codes after an HTTP POST request method is received:
* The interface provides an HTTP/202 status code if the interface
was able to receive the LORDN file and the syntax of the LORDN
file is correct.
The interface provides the LORDN Transaction Identifier in the
HTTP Entity-body that would be used by the Registry to download
the LORDN Log file. The LORDN Transaction Identifier is a zero-
padded natural number in the range 0000000000000000001 to
9223372036854775807.
The TMDB uses the <LORDN creation datetime> element of the LORDN
file as a unique client-side identifier. If a LORDN file with the
same <LORDN creation datetime> of a previously sent LORDN file is
received by the TMDB, the LORDN Transaction Identifier of the
previously sent LORDN file MUST be provided to the Registry. The
TMDB MUST ignore the DN Lines present in the LORDN file if a LORDN
file with the same <LORDN creation datetime> was previously sent.
The HTTP Location header field contains the URI where the LORDN
Log file could be retrieved later, for example:
202 Accepted
Location: https://<tmdb-domain-
name>/LORDN/example/sunrise/0000000000000000001/result
* The interface provides an HTTP/400 if the request is incorrect or
the syntax of the LORDN file is incorrect. The TMDB MUST return a
human-readable message in the HTTP Entity-body regarding the
incorrect syntax of the LORDN file.
* The interface provides an HTTP/401 status code if the credentials
provided do not authorize the Registry Operator to upload a LORDN
file.
* The TMDB MUST return an HTTP/404 status code when trying to upload
a LORDN file using the https://<tmdb-domain-
name>/LORDN/<TLD>/sunrise/qlp or https://<tmdb-domain-
name>/LORDN/<TLD>/claims/qlp interface outside of a QLP Period
plus 26 hours.
* The interface provides an HTTP/500 status code if the system is
experiencing a general failure.
For example, to upload the Sunrise LORDN file for TLD "example", the
URI would be:
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/example/sunrise
The LORDN is contained in a CSV-formatted file that has the following
structure:
* For Sunrise Period:
- first line: <version>,<LORDN creation datetime>,<Number of DN
Lines>
Where:
+ <version>: version of the file. This field MUST be 1.
+ <LORDN creation datetime>: date and time in UTC that the
LORDN was created.
+ <Number of DN Lines>: number of DN Lines present in the
LORDN file.
- second line: a header line, as specified in [RFC4180]
With the header names as follows:
roid,domain-name,SMD-id,registrar-id,registration-
datetime,application-datetime
- One or more lines with: <roid>,<DN registered>,<SMD-id>,<IANA
Registrar id>,<datetime of registration>,<datetime of
application creation>
Where:
+ <roid>: DN Repository Object IDentifier (DNROID) in the
SRS.
+ <DN registered>: DN that was effectively allocated. For
IDNs, the A-label form is used.
+ <SMD-id>: SMD ID used for registration.
+ <IANA Registrar ID>: IANA Registrar ID.
+ <datetime of registration>: date and time in UTC that the
domain was effectively allocated.
+ OPTIONAL <datetime of application creation>: date and
time in UTC that the application was created. The
<datetime of application creation> MUST be provided in
case of a DN effective allocation based on an
asynchronous registration (e.g., when using auctions).
Example of a Sunrise LORDN file:
1,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z,3
roid,domain-name,SMD-id,registrar-id,registration-datetime,\
application-datetime
SH8013-REP,example1.gtld,1-2,9999,2012-08-15T13:20:00.0Z,\
2012-07-15T00:50:00.0Z
EK77-REP,example2.gtld,2-2,9999,2012-08-15T14:00:03.0Z
HB800-REP,example3.gtld,3-2,9999,2012-08-15T15:40:00.0Z
Figure 12: Example Sunrise LORDN File
* For the Trademark Claims Period:
- first line: <version>,<LORDN creation datetime>,<Number of DN
Lines>
Where:
+ <version>: version of the file. This field MUST be 1.
+ <LORDN creation datetime>: date and time in UTC that the
LORDN was created.
+ <Number of DN Lines>: number of DN Lines present in the
LORDN file.
- second line: a header line, as specified in [RFC4180]
With the header names as follows:
roid,domain-name,notice-id,registrar-id,registration-
datetime,ack-datetime,application-datetime
- One or more lines with: <roid>,<DN registered>,<TCNID>,<IANA
Registrar id>,<datetime of registration>,<datetime of
acceptance of the TCN>,<datetime of application creation>
Where:
+ <roid>: DNROID in the SRS.
+ <DN registered>: DN that was effectively allocated. For
IDNs, the A-label form is used.
+ <TCNID>: Trademark Claims Notice Identifier, as specified
in <tmNotice:id>.
+ <IANA Registrar ID>: IANA Registrar ID.
+ <datetime of registration>: date and time in UTC that the
domain was effectively allocated.
+ <datetime of acceptance of the TCN>: date and time in UTC
that the TCN was acknowledged.
+ OPTIONAL <datetime of application creation>: date and
time in UTC that the application was created. The
<datetime of application creation> MUST be provided in
case of a DN effective allocation based on an
asynchronous registration (e.g., when using auctions).
For a DN matching a DNL of a PRM at the moment of
registration, created without the TCNID, expiration
datetime, and acceptance datetime because DNL was inserted
(or reinserted) for the first time into a DNL List less than
24 hours ago, the string "recent-dnl-insertion" MAY be
specified in <TCNID> and <datetime of acceptance of the
TCN>.
Example of a Trademark Claims LORDN file:
1,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z,3
roid,domain-name,notice-id,registrar-id,registration-datetime,\
ack-datetime,application-datetime
SH8013-REP,example1.gtld,a76716ed9223352036854775808,\
9999,2012-08-15T14:20:00.0Z,2012-08-15T13:20:00.0Z
EK77-REP,example2.gtld,a7b786ed9223372036856775808,\
9999,2012-08-15T11:20:00.0Z,2012-08-15T11:19:00.0Z
HB800-REP,example3.gtld,recent-dnl-insertion,\
9999,2012-08-15T13:20:00.0Z,recent-dnl-insertion
Figure 13: Example Trademark Claims LORDN File
6.3.1. LORDN Log File
After reception of the LORDN file, the TMDB verifies its content for
syntactical and semantic correctness. The output of the LORDN file
verification is retrieved using the yd interface (Section 4.3.7).
The URIs of the yd interface (Section 4.3.7) used to retrieve the
LORDN Log file are:
* Sunrise LORDN Log file:
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/<TLD>/sunrise/<lordn-transaction-
identifier>/result
* Trademark Claims LORDN Log file:
https://<tmdb-domain-name>/LORDN/<TLD>/claims/<lordn-transaction-
identifier>/result
A Registry Operator MUST NOT send more than one request per minute
per TLD to download a LORDN Log file.
The yd interface (Section 4.3.7) returns the following HTTP status
codes after an HTTP GET request method is received:
* The interface provides an HTTP/200 status code if the interface
was able to provide the LORDN Log file. The LORDN Log file is
contained in the HTTP Entity-body.
* The interface provides an HTTP/204 status code if the LORDN
Transaction Identifier is correct but the server has not finalized
processing the LORDN file.
* The interface provides an HTTP/400 status code if the request is
incorrect.
* The interface provides an HTTP/401 status code if the credentials
provided do not authorize the Registry Operator to download the
LORDN Log file.
* The interface provides an HTTP/404 status code if the LORDN
Transaction Identifier is incorrect.
* The interface provides an HTTP/500 status code if the system is
experiencing a general failure.
For example, to obtain the LORDN Log file in case of a Sunrise LORDN
file with LORDN Transaction Identifier 0000000000000000001 and TLD
"example", the URI would be:
https://<tmdb-domain-
name>/LORDN/example/sunrise/0000000000000000001/result
The LORDN Log file is contained in a CSV-formatted file that has the
following structure:
* first line: <version>,<LORDN Log creation datetime>,<LORDN file
creation datetime>,<LORDN Log Identifier>,<Status flag>,<Warning
flag>,<Number of DN Lines>
Where:
o <version>: version of the file. This field MUST be 1.
o <LORDN Log creation datetime>: date and time in UTC that the
LORDN Log was created.
o <LORDN file creation datetime>: date and time in UTC of
creation for the LORDN file that this log file is referring
to.
o <LORDN Log Identifier>: unique identifier of the LORDN Log
provided by the TMDB. This identifier could be used by the
Registry Operator to unequivocally identify the LORDN Log.
The identified will be a string of a maximum length of 60
characters from the base64 alphabet.
o <Status flag>: whether the LORDN file has been accepted for
processing by the TMDB. Possible values are "accepted" or
"rejected".
o <Warning flag>: whether the LORDN Log has any warning result
codes. Possible values are "no-warnings" or "warnings-
present".
o <Number of DN Lines>: number of DN effective allocations
processed in the LORDN file.
A Registry Operator is not required to process a LORDN Log with
<Status flag>="accepted" and <Warning flag>="no-warnings".
* second line: a header line, as specified in [RFC4180]
With the header names as follows:
roid,result-code
* One or more lines with: <roid>,<result code>
Where:
o <roid>: DNROID in the SRS.
o <result code>: result code, as described in Section 6.3.1.1.
Example of a LORDN Log file:
1,2012-08-16T02:15:00.0Z,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z,\
0000000000000478Nzs+3VMkR8ckuUynOLmyeqTmZQSbzDuf/R50n2n5QX4=,\
accepted,no-warnings,1
roid,result-code
SH8013-REP,2000
Figure 14: Example LORDN Log File
6.3.1.1. LORDN Log Result Codes
The classes of result codes (rc) are listed below. The classes in
square brackets are not used at this time but may come into use at
some later stage. The first two digits of a result code denote the
result code class, which defines the outcome at the TMDB:
* ok: Success. The DN Line is accepted by the TMDB.
* warn: A warning is issued. The DN Line is accepted by the TMDB.
* err: An error is issued. The LORDN file is rejected by the TMDB.
In cases where a DN line is processed and the error result code is
45xx or 46xx, the LORDN file MUST be rejected by the TMDB. If the
LORDN file is rejected, DN Lines that are syntactically valid will be
reported with a 2001 result code. A 2001 result code means that the
DN Line is syntactically valid; however, the DN Line was not
processed because the LORDN file was rejected. All DNs reported in a
rejected LORDN file MUST be reported again by the Registry because
none of the DN Lines present in the LORDN file have been processed by
the TMDB.
LORDN Log Result Code Classes:
+======+============================+=========+
| Code | Class | Outcome |
+======+============================+=========+
| 20xx | Success | ok |
+------+----------------------------+---------+
| 35xx | [ DN Line syntax warning ] | warn |
+------+----------------------------+---------+
| 36xx | DN Line semantic warning | warn |
+------+----------------------------+---------+
| 45xx | DN Line syntax error | err |
+------+----------------------------+---------+
| 46xx | DN Line semantic error | err |
+------+----------------------------+---------+
Table 2: LORDN Log Result Code Classes
In Table 3, the LORDN Log result codes used by the TMDB are
described.
+======+===================================================+
| rc | Short Description / Long Description |
+======+===================================================+
| 2000 | OK |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The DN Line is successfully processed. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 2001 | OK but not processed |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The DN Line is syntactically correct but was not |
| | processed because the LORDN file was rejected. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3601 | TCN Acceptance Date after Registration Date |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The TCN Acceptance Date in the DN Line is newer |
| | than the registration date. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3602 | Duplicate DN Line |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | This DN Line is an exact duplicate of another DN |
| | Line in the same file; the DN Line is ignored. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3603 | DNROID Notified Earlier |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The same DNROID has been notified earlier; the DN |
| | Line is ignored. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3604 | TCN Checksum invalid |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | Based on the DN effective allocation, the TCNID, |
| | and the expiration date of the linked TCN, the |
| | TCN Checksum is invalid. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3605 | TCN Expired |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The TCN was already expired (based on the |
| | <tmNotice:notAfter> field of the TCN) at the |
| | datetime of acknowledgement. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3606 | Wrong TCNID used |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The TCNID used for the registration does not |
| | match the related DN. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3609 | Invalid SMD used |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The SMD used for registration was not valid at |
| | the moment of registration based on the |
| | <smd:notBefore> and <smd:notAfter> elements. In |
| | case of an asynchronous registration, this refers |
| | to the <datetime of application creation>. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3610 | DN reported outside of the time window |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The DN was reported outside of the required |
| | 26-hour reporting window. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3611 | DN does not match the labels in SMD |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The DN does not match the labels included in the |
| | SMD. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3612 | SMDID does not exist |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The Signed Mark Data Identifier (SMDID) has never |
| | existed in the central repository. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3613 | SMD was revoked when used |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The SMD used for registration was revoked more |
| | than 24 hours ago of the <datetime of |
| | registration>. In case of an asynchronous |
| | registration, the <datetime of application |
| | creation> is used when validating the DN Line. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3614 | TCNID does not exist |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The Trademark Claims Notice Identifier (TCNID) |
| | has never existed in the central repository. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3615 | Recent-dnl-insertion outside of the time window |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The DN registration is reported as a recent-dnl- |
| | insertion, but the (re) insertion into the DNL |
| | occurred more than 24 hours ago. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3616 | Registration Date of DN in Claims before the end |
| | of the Sunrise Period |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The registration date of the DN is before the end |
| | of the Sunrise Period, and the DN was reported in |
| | a Trademark Claims LORDN file. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3617 | Registrar has not been approved by the TMDB |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The Registrar ID in the DN Line has not completed |
| | Trademark Claims integration testing with the |
| | TMDB. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3618 | Registration Date of DN in QLP LORDN file out of |
| | the QLP Period |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The registration date of the DN in a QLP LORDN |
| | file is outside of the QLP Period. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3619 | TCN was not valid |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The TCN was not valid (based on the |
| | <tmNotice:notBefore> field of the TCN) at the |
| | datetime of acknowledgement. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4501 | Syntax Error in DN Line |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | There is a syntax error in the DN Line. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4601 | Invalid TLD used |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The TLD in the DN Line does not match what is |
| | expected for this LORDN. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4602 | Registrar ID Invalid |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The Registrar ID in the DN Line is not a valid |
| | ICANN-Accredited Registrar. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4603 | Registration Date in the future |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The <datetime of registration> in the DN Line is |
| | in the future. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4606 | TLD not in Sunrise or Trademark Claims Periods |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The <datetime of registration> was reported when |
| | the TLD was not in Sunrise or Trademark Claims |
| | Periods. In case of an asynchronous |
| | registration, the <datetime of application |
| | creation> is used when validating the DN Line. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4607 | Application Date in the future |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The <datetime of application creation> in the DN |
| | Line is in the future. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4608 | Application Date is later than Registration Date |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The <datetime of application creation> in the DN |
| | Line is later than the <datetime of |
| | registration>. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4609 | TCNID wrong syntax |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The syntax of the TCNID is invalid. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4610 | TCN Acceptance Date is in the future |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The <datetime of acceptance of the TCN> is in the |
| | future. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4611 | Label has never existed in the TMDB |
| +---------------------------------------------------+
| | The label in the registered DN has never existed |
| | in the TMDB. |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
Table 3: LORDN Log Result Codes
6.4. Signed Mark Data (SMD) File
This section defines the format of the SMD File. After a successful
registration of a mark, the TMV returns an SMD File to the TMH. The
SMD File can then be used for registration of one or more DNs covered
by the PRM during the Sunrise Period of a TLD.
Two encapsulation boundaries are defined for delimiting the
encapsulated base64-encoded SMD: "-----BEGIN ENCODED SMD-----" and "
-----END ENCODED SMD-----". Only data inside the encapsulation
boundaries MUST be used by Registries and Registrars for validation
purposes, i.e., any data outside these boundaries as well as the
boundaries themselves MUST be ignored for validation purposes.
The structure of the SMD File is as follows. All the elements are
REQUIRED and MUST appear in the specified order.
1. Marks: <marks>
2. smdID: <SMD-ID>
3. U-labels: <comma separated list of U-label or NR-LDH labels (see
[RFC5890])>
4. notBefore: <begin validity>
5. notAfter: <end validity>
6. -----BEGIN ENCODED SMD-----
7. <encoded SMD (see [RFC7848])>
8. -----END ENCODED SMD-----
Example of an SMD file:
Marks: Example One
smdID: 1-2
U-labels: example-one, exampleone
notBefore: 2011-08-16 09:00
notAfter: 2012-08-16 09:00
-----BEGIN ENCODED SMD-----
PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPHNtZDpzaWdu
ZWRNYXJrIHhtbG5zOnNtZD0idXJuOmlldGY6cGFyYW1zOnhtbDpuczpzaWduZWRN
... (base64 data elided for brevity) ...
dXJlPgo8L3NtZDpzaWduZWRNYXJrPgo=
-----END ENCODED SMD-----
Figure 15: Example SMD File
6.5. Trademark Claims Notice (TCN)
The TMDB MUST provide the TCN to Registrars in XML format, as
specified below.
The enclosing element <tmNotice:notice> describes the Trademark
Notice to a given label.
The child elements of the <tmNotice:notice> element include:
* A <tmNotice:id> element that contains the unique identifier of the
Trademark Notice. This element contains the TCNID.
The TCNID is a string concatenation of a TCN Checksum and the
TMDB Notice Identifier. The first 8 characters of the TCNID is
a TCN Checksum. The rest is the TMDB Notice Identifier, which
is a zero-padded natural number in the range of
0000000000000000001 to 9223372036854775807.
Example of a TCNID:
370d0b7c9223372036854775807.
Where:
o TCN Checksum=370d0b7c
o TMDB Notice Identifier=9223372036854775807
The TCN Checksum is an 8-character-long base16-encoded output
of computing the CRC32 of the string concatenation of: label +
unix_timestamp(<tmNotice:notAfter>) + TMDB Notice Identifier.
The TMDB MUST use the Unix time conversion of the
<tmNotice:notAfter> in UTC to calculate the TCN Checksum. Unix
time is defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed
since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z, not counting leap seconds. For
example, the conversion of 2010-08-16T09:00:00.0Z to Unix time
is:
unix_time(2010-08-16T09:00:00.0Z)=1281949200
The TMDB uses the <tmNotice:label> and <tmNotice:notAfter>
elements from the TCN along with the TMDB Notice Identifier to
compute the TCN Checksum.
A Registry MUST use the leftmost DNL of the DN being
effectively allocated, the expiration datetime of the TCN
(provided by the Registrar), and the TMDB Notice Identifier
extracted from the TCNID (provided by the Registrar) to compute
the TCN Checksum. For example, if the DN "xn--mgbachtv.xn--
mgbh0fb" is being effectively allocated, the leftmost DNL would
be "xn--mgbachtv".
An example computation of the TCN Checksum is:
CRC32(example-one12819492009223372036854775807)=370d0b7c
* A <tmNotice:notBefore> element that contains the start of the
valid date and time of the TCN.
* A <tmNotice:notAfter> element that contains the expiration date
and time of the TCN.
* A <tmNotice:label> element that contains the DNL covered by a PRM.
* One or more <tmNotice:claim> elements that contain the Trademark
Claims. The <tmNotice:claim> element contains the following child
elements:
- A <tmNotice:markName> element that contains the mark text
string.
- One or more <tmNotice:holder> elements that contain the
information of the holder of the mark. An "entitlement"
attribute is used to identify the entitlement of the holder;
possible values are: owner, assignee, or licensee. The child
elements of <tmNotice:holder> include:
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:name> element that contains the name
of the holder. <tmNotice:name> MUST be specified if
<tmNotice:org> is not specified.
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:org> element that contains the name of
the organization holder of the mark. <tmNotice:org> MUST be
specified if <tmNotice:name> is not specified.
o A <tmNotice:addr> element that contains the address
information of the holder of a mark. <tmNotice:addr>
contains the following child elements:
+ One, two, or three OPTIONAL <tmNotice:street> elements
that contain the organization's street address.
+ A <tmNotice:city> element that contains the
organization's city.
+ An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:sp> element that contains the
organization's state or province.
+ An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:pc> element that contains the
organization's postal code.
+ A <tmNotice:cc> element that contains the organization's
country code. This a two-character code from
[ISO3166-2].
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:voice> element that contains the
organization's voice telephone number.
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:fax> element that contains the
organization's facsimile telephone number.
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:email> element that contains the email
address of the holder.
- Zero or more OPTIONAL <tmNotice:contact> elements that contain
the information of the representative of the mark registration.
A "type" attribute is used to identify the type of contact;
possible values are: owner, agent, or third party. The child
elements of <tmNotice:contact> include:
o A <tmNotice:name> element that contains the name of the
responsible person.
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:org> element that contains the name of
the organization of the contact.
o A <tmNotice:addr> element that contains the address
information of the contact. <tmNotice:addr> contains the
following child elements:
+ One, two, or three OPTIONAL <tmNotice:street> elements
that contain the contact's street address.
+ A <tmNotice:city> element that contains the contact's
city.
+ An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:sp> element that contains the
contact's state or province.
+ An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:pc> element that contains the
contact's postal code.
+ A <tmNotice:cc> element that contains the contact's
country code. This a two-character code from
[ISO3166-2].
o A <tmNotice:voice> element that contains the contact's voice
telephone number.
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:fax> element that contains the
contact's facsimile telephone number.
o A <tmNotice:email> element that contains the contact's email
address.
- A <tmNotice:jurDesc> element that contains the name (in
English) of the jurisdiction where the mark is protected. A
jurCC attribute contains the two-character code of the
jurisdiction where the mark was registered. This is a two-
character code from [WIPO.ST3].
- Zero or more OPTIONAL <tmNotice:classDesc> elements that
contain the description (in English) of the Nice
Classification, as defined in [WIPO-NICE-CLASSES]. A classNum
attribute contains the class number.
- A <tmNotice:goodsAndServices> element that contains the full
description of the goods and services mentioned in the mark
registration document.
- An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:notExactMatch> element signals that the
claim notice was added to the TCN based on rules (e.g.,
[Claims50]) other than exact match (defined in
[MatchingRules]). <tmNotice:notExactMatch> contains one or
more of the following:
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:udrp> element that signals that the
claim notice was added because of a previously abused name
included in a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy
(UDRP) case. <tmNotice:udrp> contains:
+ A <tmNotice:caseNo> element that contains the UDRP case
number used to validate the previously abused name.
+ A <tmNotice:udrpProvider> element that contains the name
of the UDRP provider.
o An OPTIONAL <tmNotice:court> element that signals that the
claim notice was added because of a previously abused name
included in a court's resolution. <tmNotice:court> contains:
+ A <tmNotice:refNum> element that contains the reference
number of the court's resolution used to validate the
previously abused name.
+ A <tmNotice:cc> element that contains the two-character
code from [ISO3166-2] of the jurisdiction of the court.
+ A <tmNotice:courtName> element that contains the name of
the court.
Example of a <tmNotice:notice> object:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tmNotice:notice
xmlns:tmNotice="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:tmNotice-1.0">
<tmNotice:id>370d0b7c9223372036854775807</tmNotice:id>
<tmNotice:notBefore>2010-08-14T09:00:00.0Z</tmNotice:notBefore>
<tmNotice:notAfter>2010-08-16T09:00:00.0Z</tmNotice:notAfter>
<tmNotice:label>example-one</tmNotice:label>
<tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:markName>Example One</tmNotice:markName>
<tmNotice:holder entitlement="owner">
<tmNotice:org>Example Inc.</tmNotice:org>
<tmNotice:addr>
<tmNotice:street>123 Example Dr.</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:street>Suite 100</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:city>Reston</tmNotice:city>
<tmNotice:sp>VA</tmNotice:sp>
<tmNotice:pc>20190</tmNotice:pc>
<tmNotice:cc>US</tmNotice:cc>
</tmNotice:addr>
</tmNotice:holder>
<tmNotice:contact type="owner">
<tmNotice:name>Joe Doe</tmNotice:name>
<tmNotice:org>Example Inc.</tmNotice:org>
<tmNotice:addr>
<tmNotice:street>123 Example Dr.</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:street>Suite 100</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:city>Reston</tmNotice:city>
<tmNotice:sp>VA</tmNotice:sp>
<tmNotice:pc>20190</tmNotice:pc>
<tmNotice:cc>US</tmNotice:cc>
</tmNotice:addr>
<tmNotice:voice x="4321">+1.7035555555</tmNotice:voice>
<tmNotice:email>jdoe@example.com</tmNotice:email>
</tmNotice:contact>
<tmNotice:jurDesc jurCC="US">USA</tmNotice:jurDesc>
<tmNotice:classDesc classNum="35">
Advertising; business management; business administration.
</tmNotice:classDesc>
<tmNotice:classDesc classNum="36">
Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate.
</tmNotice:classDesc>
<tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
Bardus populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
Smert populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
</tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
</tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:markName>Example-One</tmNotice:markName>
<tmNotice:holder entitlement="owner">
<tmNotice:org>Example S.A. de C.V.</tmNotice:org>
<tmNotice:addr>
<tmNotice:street>Calle conocida #343</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:city>Conocida</tmNotice:city>
<tmNotice:sp>SP</tmNotice:sp>
<tmNotice:pc>82140</tmNotice:pc>
<tmNotice:cc>BR</tmNotice:cc>
</tmNotice:addr>
</tmNotice:holder>
<tmNotice:jurDesc jurCC="BR">BRAZIL</tmNotice:jurDesc>
<tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
Bardus populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
Smert populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
</tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
</tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:markName>One</tmNotice:markName>
<tmNotice:holder entitlement="owner">
<tmNotice:org>One Corporation</tmNotice:org>
<tmNotice:addr>
<tmNotice:street>Otra calle</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:city>Otra ciudad</tmNotice:city>
<tmNotice:sp>OT</tmNotice:sp>
<tmNotice:pc>383742</tmNotice:pc>
<tmNotice:cc>CR</tmNotice:cc>
</tmNotice:addr>
</tmNotice:holder>
<tmNotice:jurDesc jurCC="CR">COSTA RICA</tmNotice:jurDesc>
<tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
Bardus populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
Smert populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
</tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
<tmNotice:notExactMatch>
<tmNotice:court>
<tmNotice:refNum>234235</tmNotice:refNum>
<tmNotice:cc>CR</tmNotice:cc>
<tmNotice:courtName>Supreme Court of Spain</tmNotice:courtName>
</tmNotice:court>
</tmNotice:notExactMatch>
</tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:claim>
<tmNotice:markName>One Inc</tmNotice:markName>
<tmNotice:holder entitlement="owner">
<tmNotice:org>One SA de CV</tmNotice:org>
<tmNotice:addr>
<tmNotice:street>La calle</tmNotice:street>
<tmNotice:city>La ciudad</tmNotice:city>
<tmNotice:sp>CD</tmNotice:sp>
<tmNotice:pc>34323</tmNotice:pc>
<tmNotice:cc>AR</tmNotice:cc>
</tmNotice:addr>
</tmNotice:holder>
<tmNotice:jurDesc jurCC="AR">ARGENTINA</tmNotice:jurDesc>
<tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
Bardus populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
Smert populorum circumdabit se cum captiosus populum.
</tmNotice:goodsAndServices>
<tmNotice:notExactMatch>
<tmNotice:udrp>
<tmNotice:caseNo>D2003-0499</tmNotice:caseNo>
<tmNotice:udrpProvider>WIPO</tmNotice:udrpProvider>
</tmNotice:udrp>
</tmNotice:notExactMatch>
</tmNotice:claim>
</tmNotice:notice>
Figure 16: Example <tmNotice:notice> Object
For the formal syntax of the TCN, please refer to Section 7.1.
6.6. Sunrise List (SURL)
This section defines the format of the list containing every DNL that
matches a PRM eligible for Sunrise. The list is maintained by the
TMDB and downloaded by Registries in regular intervals (see
Section 5.4.2.1). The Registries use the Sunrise List during the QLP
Period to check whether a requested DN matches a DNL of a PRM
eligible for Sunrise.
The Sunrise List contains all the DNLs covered by a PRM eligible for
Sunrise that are present in the TMDB at the datetime it is generated.
The Sunrise List is contained in a CSV-formatted file that has the
following structure:
* first line: <version>,<Sunrise List creation datetime>
Where:
o <version>: version of the file. This field MUST be 1.
o <Sunrise List creation datetime>: date and time in UTC that
the Sunrise List was created.
* second line: a header line, as specified in [RFC4180]
With the header names as follows:
DNL,insertion-datetime
* One or more lines with: <DNL>,<DNL insertion datetime>
Where:
o <DNL>: a Domain Name Label covered by a PRM eligible for
Sunrise.
o <DNL insertion datetime>: datetime in UTC that the DNL was
first inserted into the Sunrise List. The possible two
values of time for inserting a DNL to the Sunrise List are
00:00:00 and 12:00:00 UTC.
Example of a Sunrise List:
1,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z
DNL,insertion-datetime
example,2010-07-14T00:00:00.0Z
another-example,2012-08-16T00:00:00.0Z
anotherexample,2011-08-16T12:00:00.0Z
Figure 17: Example Sunrise List
To provide authentication and integrity protection, the Sunrise List
will be PGP signed by the TMDB (see Section 5.1.1.4). The PGP
signature of the Sunrise List can be found in the similar URI but
with extension .sig, as shown below.
The URLs of the dy interface (Section 4.3.3) are:
* https://<tmdb-domain-name>/dnl/surl-latest.csv
* https://<tmdb-domain-name>/dnl/surl-latest.sig
7. Formal Syntax
7.1. Trademark Claims Notice (TCN)
The schema presented here is for a Trademark Claims Notice.
The CODE BEGINS and CODE ENDS tags are not part of the schema; they
are used to note the beginning and ending of the schema for URI
registration purposes.
<CODE BEGINS>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema targetNamespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:tmNotice-1.0"
xmlns:tmNotice="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:tmNotice-1.0"
xmlns:mark="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:mark-1.0"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<annotation>
<documentation>
Schema for representing a Trademark Claim Notice.
</documentation>
</annotation>
<import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:mark-1.0"/>
<element name="notice" type="tmNotice:noticeType"/>
<complexType name="holderType">
<sequence>
<element name="name" type="token" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="org" type="token" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="addr" type="tmNotice:addrType"/>
<element name="voice" type="mark:e164Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="fax" type="mark:e164Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="email" type="mark:minTokenType" minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
<attribute name="entitlement" type="mark:entitlementType"/>
</complexType>
<complexType name="noticeType">
<sequence>
<element name="id" type="tmNotice:idType"/>
<element name="notBefore" type="dateTime"/>
<element name="notAfter" type="dateTime"/>
<element name="label" type="mark:labelType"/>
<element name="claim" type="tmNotice:claimType" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="claimType">
<sequence>
<element name="markName" type="token"/>
<element name="holder" type="tmNotice:holderType"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="contact" type="tmNotice:contactType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="jurDesc" type="tmNotice:jurDescType"/>
<element name="classDesc" type="tmNotice:classDescType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="goodsAndServices" type="token"/>
<element name="notExactMatch" type="tmNotice:noExactMatchType"
minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="jurDescType">
<simpleContent>
<extension base="token">
<attribute name="jurCC" type="mark:ccType" use="required"/>
</extension>
</simpleContent>
</complexType>
<complexType name="classDescType">
<simpleContent>
<extension base="token">
<attribute name="classNum" type="integer" use="required"/>
</extension>
</simpleContent>
</complexType>
<complexType name="noExactMatchType">
<choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
<element name="udrp" type="tmNotice:udrpType"/>
<element name="court" type="tmNotice:courtType"/>
</choice>
</complexType>
<complexType name="udrpType">
<sequence>
<element name="caseNo" type="token"/>
<element name="udrpProvider" type="token"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="courtType">
<sequence>
<element name="refNum" type="token"/>
<element name="cc" type="mark:ccType"/>
<element name="region" type="token" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="courtName" type="token"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="addrType">
<sequence>
<element name="street" type="token" minOccurs="1"
maxOccurs="3"/>
<element name="city" type="token"/>
<element name="sp" type="token" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="pc" type="mark:pcType" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="cc" type="mark:ccType"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="contactType">
<sequence>
<element name="name" type="token"/>
<element name="org" type="token" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="addr" type="tmNotice:addrType"/>
<element name="voice" type="mark:e164Type"/>
<element name="fax" type="mark:e164Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="email" type="mark:minTokenType"/>
</sequence>
<attribute name="type" type="mark:contactTypeType"/>
</complexType>
<simpleType name="idType">
<restriction base="token">
<pattern value="[a-fA-F0-9]{8}\d{1,19}"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
</schema>
<CODE ENDS>
8. IANA Considerations
The code point assigned in support of this document is taken from the
wrong point in the registration tree. Unfortunately, the code point
has already been deployed in the field without following the proper
registration review process. The designated experts for the registry
have considered the issues that correcting this action would cause
for deployed implementations and have consented to the continued use
of the code point.
This document uses URNs to describe XML namespaces and XML schemas
conforming to a registry mechanism described in [RFC3688]. IANA has
registered two URI assignments as follows.
Trademark Claims Notice namespace:
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:tmNotice-1.0
Registrant Contact: IETF <iesg@ietf.org> and ICANN
<globalsupport@icann.org>
XML: None. Namespace URIs do not represent an XML specification.
Note: Note that this assignment is made from the wrong point in the
tree in order to be consistent with deployed implementations.
Trademark Claims Notice XML schema:
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:tmNotice-1.0
Registrant Contact: IETF <iesg@ietf.org> and ICANN
<globalsupport@icann.org>
XML: See Section 7.1 of RFC 9361.
Note: Note that this assignment is made from the wrong point in the
tree in order to be consistent with deployed implementations.
9. Security Considerations
This specification uses HTTP Basic Authentication to provide a simple
application-layer authentication service. HTTPS is used in all
interfaces in order to protect against most common attacks. In
addition, the client identifier is tied to a set of IP addresses that
are allowed to connect to the interfaces described in this document,
providing an extra security measure.
The TMDB MUST provide credentials to the appropriate Registries and
Registrars.
The TMDB MUST require the use of strong passwords by Registries and
Registrars.
The TMDB, Registries, and Registrars MUST use the best practices
described in [RFC9325] or its successors.
10. Privacy Considerations
This specification defines the interfaces to support the
[RPM-Requirements]. Legal documents govern the interactions between
the different parties, and such legal documents must ensure that
privacy-sensitive and/or personal data receives the required
protection.
11. References
11.1. Normative References
[Claims50] ICANN, "Implementation Notes: Trademark Claims Protection
for Previously Abused Names", July 2013,
<https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-
clearinghouse/previously-abused-16jul13-en.pdf>.
[MatchingRules]
ICANN, "Explanatory Memorandum: Implementing the Matching
Rules", July 2016, <https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/
trademark-clearinghouse/matching-rules-14jul16-en.pdf>.
[QLP-Addendum]
ICANN, "Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection
Mechanism Requirements: Qualified Launch Program
Addendum", April 2014,
<https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-
clearinghouse/rpm-requirements-qlp-addendum-
10apr14-en.pdf>.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.
[RFC7848] Lozano, G., "Mark and Signed Mark Objects Mapping",
RFC 7848, DOI 10.17487/RFC7848, June 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7848>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC9325] Sheffer, Y., Saint-Andre, P., and T. Fossati,
"Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
(DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 9325, DOI 10.17487/RFC9325, November
2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9325>.
[RPM-Requirements]
ICANN, "Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection
Mechanism Requirements", September 2013,
<https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-
clearinghouse/rpm-requirements-30sep13-en.pdf>.
[W3C.REC-xml-20081126]
Bray, T., Paoli, J., Sperberg-McQueen, C. M., Maler, E.,
and F. Yergeau, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
(Fifth Edition)", W3C Recommendation REC-xml-20081126,
November 2008,
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-20081126/>.
[W3C.REC-xmlschema-1-20041028]
Thompson, H., Beech, D., Maloney, M., and N. Mendelsohn,
"XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition", W3C
Recommendation REC-xmlschema-1-20041028, October 2004,
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-1-20041028/>.
[W3C.REC-xmlschema-2-20041028]
Biron, P. and A. Malhotra, "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes
Second Edition", W3C Recommendation REC-xmlschema-
2-20041028, October 2004,
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-2-20041028/>.
11.2. Informative References
[ICANN-GTLD-AGB-20120604]
ICANN, "gTLD Applicant Guidebook Version 2012-06-04", June
2012, <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/
guidebook-full-04jun12-en.pdf>.
[ISO3166-2]
ISO, "International Standard for country codes and codes
for their subdivisions",
<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.htm>.
[RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.
[RFC4180] Shafranovich, Y., "Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-
Separated Values (CSV) Files", RFC 4180,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4180, October 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4180>.
[RFC4648] Josefsson, S., "The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data
Encodings", RFC 4648, DOI 10.17487/RFC4648, October 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4648>.
[RFC4880] Callas, J., Donnerhacke, L., Finney, H., Shaw, D., and R.
Thayer, "OpenPGP Message Format", RFC 4880,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4880, November 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4880>.
[RFC5280] Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
(CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, May 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5280>.
[RFC5890] Klensin, J., "Internationalized Domain Names for
Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework",
RFC 5890, DOI 10.17487/RFC5890, August 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5890>.
[RFC7617] Reschke, J., "The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme",
RFC 7617, DOI 10.17487/RFC7617, September 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7617>.
[RFC8499] Hoffman, P., Sullivan, A., and K. Fujiwara, "DNS
Terminology", BCP 219, RFC 8499, DOI 10.17487/RFC8499,
January 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8499>.
[RFC9110] Fielding, R., Ed., Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke,
Ed., "HTTP Semantics", STD 97, RFC 9110,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9110, June 2022,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9110>.
[WIPO-NICE-CLASSES]
WIPO, "Nice Classification",
<http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en>.
[WIPO.ST3] WIPO, "Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the
representation of states, other entities and
intergovernmental organizations", November 2022,
<https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/standards/en/
pdf/03-03-01.pdf>.
Acknowledgements
This specification is a collaborative effort from several
participants in the ICANN community. Bernie Hoeneisen participated
as a coauthor for the first draft version of this document, providing
invaluable support. This specification is based on a model
spearheaded by Chris Wright, Jeff Neuman, Jeff Eckhaus, and Will
Shorter. The author would also like to thank the thoughtful feedback
provided by many in the tmch-tech mailing list but particularly the
extensive help provided by James Gould, James Mitchell, and Francisco
Arias. This document includes feedback received from Paul Hoffman.
Author's Address
Gustavo Lozano
ICANN
12025 Waterfront Drive
Suite 300
Los Angeles, 90292
United States of America
Phone: +1.310.301.5800
Email: gustavo.lozano@icann.org
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