Jeff Neuman, the VP for Law and Policy at Neustar — a company that is serving as the technical registry backend provider for many new top-level domains — attended the congressional hearing. As the head legal counsel for all the domain name registries, mobile registries, and media services at Neustar, and as the Vice Chair of the Generic Name Supporting Organization, a council that is part of ICANN’s policy arm, Neuman is well acquainted with the new gTLD process. He agreed to help get Prior Art readers up to speed. The following is an edited transcript of our phone conversation:
The Prior Art (TPA): Who can apply to create and run a new gTLD?
