[AfrICANN-discuss] DCA TRUST FAILED ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN US COURT INJUNCTION

[Nigel Roberts]

I disagree.

I think .AFRICA and .DOTAFRICA are too semantically similar and ought to 
fail similarity tests.


;-)


On 13/04/16 22:28, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
> Maybe when it’s reported somewhere as opposed to just a press release ..
>
> In any case I don’t see how this ridiculous case dragging on and on and
> on helps anyone
>
> Maybe ICANN should simply give the applicants the strings they
> originally applied for – this would solve the problem and there’d be no
> conflicts
>
> Regards
>
> Michele
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> From: Pierre Lotis NANKEP <lnankep at yahoo.fr <mailto:lnankep at yahoo.fr>>
> Reply-To: "africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>"
> <africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>>
> Date: Wednesday 13 April 2016 at 16:51
> To: "africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>"
> <africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] DCA TRUST FAILED ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN US
> COURT INJUNCTION
>
>     FYI : US Court GRANTS DotConnectAfrica Trust a Preliminary
>     Injunction on .Africa gTLD
>     <https://www.prlog.org/12549573-us-court-grants-dca-trusts-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-on-africa-gtld.html>
>
>>     Le 28 janv. 2016 à 11:31, Neil Dundas <neil at dundas.co.za
>>     <mailto:neil at dundas.co.za>> a écrit :
>>
>>     Hi All,
>>
>>     For those of you that are interested, there has been a recent
>>     update on the dotAfrica gTLD matter.
>>
>>     It seems that DCA Trust attempted to use the US courts to obtain a
>>     Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction against
>>     ICANN in a matter relating to the proposed .AFRICA gTLD.
>>
>>     According to ICANN: “At the hearing, the Honourable James C.
>>     Chalfan denied Plaintiff's /Ex Parte/ Application for Temporary
>>     Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause Re Preliminary
>>     Injunction for improper notice and insufficient evidence.  The
>>     ruling was issued orally from the bench.”
>>
>>     ICANN has published details on the matter here:
>>     https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/dca-v-icann-2016-01-26-en
>>
>>     Some of the Regards
>>
>>     Neil
>>     DNS Africa
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