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Registry Agreement Termination Information Page

As part of ICANN's efforts to be open and transparent with the ICANN community, ICANN will use this page as the source of current information related to any requests for termination.

Termination Process

Under the New gTLD Registry Agreement, either party may terminate pursuant to certain requirements in the Registry Agreement ("Termination"), including but not limited to the following:

  • Section 4.3 – Termination by ICANN
  • Section 4.4 – Termination by Registry Operator

Pursuant to the above sections, in the event of termination by either party and after consultation with Registry Operator, ICANN shall determine whether or not to transition operation of the Registry to a sucessor registry operator in its sole discretion and in conformance with the Registry Transition Process ("Preliminary Determination").

For the avoidance of doubt, ICANN's Determination shall not prohibit ICANN from delegating the gTLD purusuant to a future application process for the delegation of top-level-domains, subject to any processes and objection procedures instituted by ICANN in connection with such application process intended to protect the rights of third parties.

Following ICANN's consultation with Registry Operator, the Termination Notice and ICANN's Determination will be published on this webpage. Interested parties may review and provide input regarding a Termination Notice and ICANN's Preliminary Determination by emailing comments to [email protected]. The deadline to provide input for a given Termination Notice is noted in the "Notices of Termination and Status of gTLD" table. Comments may be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ra-termination-comments.

Notices of Termination and Status of gTLD

View status descriptions of Terminations

Date of Termination Notice gTLD Registry Operator Comment Open Date Comment Close Date Status Documents Comments
3 Sept 2015
  • .DOOSAN
 Doosan Corporation 9 Oct. 2015 9 Nov. 2015 TLD Delegation Revoked Registry Agreement Terminated

Termination Notice by Doosan Corporation [PDF, 36 KB] (3 Sept. 2015)

Preliminary Determination by ICANN on need for Transition of gTLD [PDF, 415 KB] (9 Oct. 2015)

Final Determination by ICANN on need for Transition of gTLD [PDF, 321 KB] (30 Nov. 2015)

Notice of Registry Agreement Termination [PDF, 319 KB] (01 March 2016)

View Comments

Termination Statuses

Comments Under Review The Termination is closed for comment and the comments are under review.
Implementation of Final Determination

After considering comments regarding Termination Notice and ICANN's Preliminary Determination, a final determination has been made and is being implemented. Possible final determinations include the following:

  • Transition to Successor: the Registry Agreement will be terminated and operation of the gTLD will be transitioned to a successor registry operator.
  • Revocation of TLD Delegation: Registry Agreement will be terminated and the gTLD's delegation will be revoked from the Root Zone. ICANN's final determination shall not prohibit the gTLD from becoming available again in future rounds of gTLD applications.
Open for Comment ICANN is seeking input from interested parties regarding its Preliminary Determination whether or not to transition operation of the gTLD to a successor registry operator.
Registry Agreement Terminated The Registry Agreement between ICANN and the Registry Operator has been terminated.
TLD Transitioned to Successor ICANN has successfully completed the process of identifying and transitioning a successor registry operator for the gTLD.
TLD Delegation Revoked ICANN has completed revocation of the delegation in the Root Zone.
Transition to Successor Registry Operator In Process ICANN to identify a successor registry operator for the gTLD.

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