ICANN 'Evaluating Next Steps' After Injunction on .africa Registry Delegation
ICANN is “evaluating next steps and our procedural options” after U.S. District Court in Los Angeles last week granted DotConnectAfrica Trust’s request for a preliminary injunction halting ICANN's delegation of the .africa top-level domain to the ZA Central Registry, an…
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ICANN spokesman said Friday. Judge Gary Klausner said an injunction was needed because “the evidence suggests that ICANN intended to deny DCA's application based on pretext.” Klausner also questioned the enforceability of provisions in the waiver DCA Trust agreed to when it applied to be the .africa registry that waived DCA Trust's right to sue ICANN over the .africa delegation decision (see 1604140056).