<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[JJN Solutions, LLC]]></title><description><![CDATA[JJN Solutions provides world-class legal & policy services specializing in Internet Governance, Technology Transactions & Intellectual Property.]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:15:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.statesmentheater.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[An Open Letter to ICANN: If the Public Forum Matters, the Responses Must Matter Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[How ICANN’s Assurances at ICANN 84 Diverged from Reality — And Why That Undermines Applicant Readiness and Community Trust For more than a decade, the ICANN community has devoted extraordinary time and energy to preparing for the next round of new gTLDs. ICANN Org frequently emphasizes its own readiness, and there is no doubt that the internal machinery behind this program is finally gaining momentum. Yet readiness is not only an internal measure. It also depends on the reliability of ICANN’s...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/an-open-letter-to-icann-if-the-public-forum-matters-the-responses-must-matter-too</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69305ea335a13c3b4f46eeaa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:43:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_359c3e23993f407ebefde1f775eec036~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard to Put Into Words]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, ICANN finally approved the Applicant Guidebook—essentially the RFP—for the 2026 round of new gTLDs. This marks the single biggest milestone toward accepting applications in just about six months’ time. Most people will never fully appreciate the amount of work that went into this moment—more than a decade in the making. Some of us began this effort back in 2014–2015, right as the first wave of new gTLDs was still being launched. At the time, it was nearly impossible to get anyone...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/hard-to-put-into-words</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69048a32bb313c80082bc50b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:13:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_d539ee3fd35f463bbd26d8427b5f2509~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domain Name Chronicle #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[The second volume of the Domain Name Chronicle by JJN Solutions is now out covering a host of topics including ICANN's New CEO, New gTLD...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/domain-name-chronicle-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e22202ab7115eeb1116d26</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:30:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_93dcd3e5ca6a4393b26adbbc1f942aa6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_867,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis of ICANN's Late Response Taken Seriously.....then Unnecessarily Punted]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, let me commend ICANN for finally coming out with a substantive statement on the deplorable antisemitic comments made by Talal Abu...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/analysis-of-icann-s-late-response-taken-seriously-then-unnecessarily-punted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65942d8c272ad028bd1a4bc5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:28:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_aa4513afb44f499b8a0a9adbc1282b4a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_787,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sad End to the Year:  ICANN has abandoned its Jewish Community]]></title><description><![CDATA["Silence is complicity."  These are the words United States President Joe Biden used on Monday, December 18, 2023 at the first-ever White...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/a-sad-end-to-the-new-year-icann-has-abandoned-its-jewish-community</link><guid isPermaLink="false">658b0552745166a19c32acb4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:43:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_659e5540460c4bc494dda284dcd817d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons of Chanukah: Second Follow Up to Open ICANN Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Tripti, Sally and Danko, I am just writing to follow up to my letters dated November 3rd and November 8th to get an update from...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/lessons-of-chanukah-second-follow-up-to-open-icann-letter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65787983fab4722a38184303</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:23:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_dbd28cf09939417eb04a9229910a91fa~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_275,h_183,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow-up to Open Letter to ICANN (11-8-2023)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Tripti, Sally and Danko, Thank you for your consideration of my previous letter dated November 3, 2023 regarding the Antisemitic...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/follow-up-to-open-letter-to-icann-11-8-2023</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654bc560619578e2e0792609</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:29:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Letter to ICANN ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am posting this letter I just sent to ICANN's Chair and Vice Chair as well as to the CEO regarding the statements made by the founder...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/open-letter-to-icann</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65450eede2603d594150847f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:21:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE ICANN EXPERIMENT - Chapter 4 - Lessons from NewCo]]></title><description><![CDATA[As ICANN turns 25 and I turn 51, I realize that I have literally spent more than ½ of my life working in the domain name industry and...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/the-icann-experiment-chapter-4-lessons-from-newco</link><guid isPermaLink="false">652806a0b1854916997a1e3e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:32:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_f9a5ae1774504102a3b0b06ca0b7df7e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICANN New gTLDs Rounds - The Steady State of New gTLD Applications]]></title><description><![CDATA[A.    Background Though not in the ICANN Board Scorecard directly, ICANN Board Members’ Becky Burr and Avri Doria discussed the ICANN...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/icann-new-gtlds-rounds-the-steady-state-of-new-gtld-applications</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64122526d54ed122343fe6be</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:09:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_3ea2bf05c94b492e9f6edfba0fcb5968~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equitable Outcome, Bad Precedent or Both?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can a UDRP decision be equitable while at the same time potentially set bad precedent? In my mind, the answer to this question is Yes. In...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/equitable-outcome-bad-precedent-or-both</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f79b71145158babecb4605</guid><category><![CDATA[UDRP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Domain Name Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[ICANN]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:13:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_a08526b26a9441b2855455c17c0e49ac~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_703,h_390,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion:  Why have I not given up on New gTLDs?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has already started.  "Why are we rushing towards another new round of gTLDs?", "Why even have more TLDs when most of the ones from...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/opinion-why-have-i-not-given-up-on-new-gtlds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c96dc0a1e03adb14a978f2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_fc952d88ada74efa8903c8ed2592c2d6~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_660,h_367,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION:  THE ULTIMATE THANKLESS JOB (ICANN CEO)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those of you that know me, this post may come somewhat as a surprise given that I am often highly critical of actions taken (or not...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/opinion-the-ultimate-thankless-job-icann-ceo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63adba3649161a69b3416f5e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:47:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_798ab643835945918d3df484c73aa7bc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_601,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Asks ICANN for Sanctions against Russia]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am reposting a note that was sent around the ICANN At-Large lists in its entirety because I believe it is incredibly important to have...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/ukraine-asks-icann-for-sanctions-against-russia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621e2ff0c7147a9173d83740</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_1fb930b8d9dd48a386184ed55d218599~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_284,h_177,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dot Hip Hop Withdraws ICANN Reconsideration Request and Corrects the Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Below is the text of the letter sent by Dot Hip Hop, LLC to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on January...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/dot-hip-hop-withdraws-icann-reconsideration-request-and-corrects-the-record</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61e0597cd1ee070017332c52</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:11:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_29426ccd97ab4d5b87205c141d543cba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_934,h_361,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICANN Accoutability Mechanisms - in Name Only]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retaliation by ICANN for using Accountability Mechanisms]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/icann-accoutability-mechsnisms-in-name-only</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d306d0a64935001685655d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:43:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0354_e8481cbe8e634051bc0336ba312341fa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey J. Neuman Appointed to Internet Leadership Positions at ICANN 72]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Industry Executive Appointed to Two High Profile Leadership Positions by the Primary Global Policy Body Responsible for Generic...]]></description><link>https://www.jjnsolutions.com/post/jeffrey-j-neuman-appointed-to-internet-leadership-positions-at-icann-72</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617abb32f40b970016a64c39</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:13:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6b5f416d39684b49534c4d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeff Neuman</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>