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ICANN Asks for Verisign Lawsuit Dismissal

Posted by michael on from the icann-is-not-a-crook dept.

morelife writes "ICANN has asked the court to send Verisign a cancellation on their recent lawsuit (breach of contract, violation of the Sherman Act (antitrust), essentially making the point that their interpretation of the contract is different from Verisign's interpretation of it. The story is covered at CircleID ..."

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  1. Re:Verizon by scrytch · · Score: 4, Funny

    > I worked for Verizon and it doesn't surprise me they're playing the 800lb Gorilla in the domain name business.

    We might believe you if you knew the difference between Verizon and Verisign.

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  2. Mildly amusing... by Fubar420 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "First, none of the first six claims is ripe because they all rest on the assumption that ICANN's interpretation of the contract is wrong. Because that is the issue presented by the seventh claim, and because if ICANN is right none of the first six claims has any merit, these claims should all be dismissed and be addressed only when and if VeriSign's interpretation of the contract is authoritatively established to be correct." Basically, if I read it right: Well, they called us all these bad things, and then called us crazy. If they're right about crazy, we want to plead insanity to the rest...

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