ICANN 'Free to Proceed' Delegating .africa gTLD After DCA Trust Lawsuit Dismissed
ICANN said it's “free to proceed” with delegating the .africa generic top-level domain to the ZA Central Registry after the California Superior Court threw out DotConnectAfrica Trust’s lawsuit to block the delegation from proceeding. DCA Trust had sought to require…
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ICANN to follow the terms of independent review process proceedings that found ICANN mishandled DCA's 2013 challenge to the nonprofit's .africa delegation decision. DCA Trust also wanted ICANN to reconsider the registry's application to be the .africa registry (see 1603070062 and 1603280050). The California court cited the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles’ dismissal in December of a lawsuit that Donuts’ Ruby Glen subsidiary filed against ICANN over the controversial auction of the .web generic top-level domain, in which Judge Percy Anderson ruled that the anti-lawsuit covenant that ICANN includes in all gTLD applications is enforceable. That same covenant bars DCA Trust from suing ICANN on claims of fraud and unfair business practices, the California Superior Court ruled Thursday. ICANN said it “will now follow its normal processes towards delegation” of the .africa gTLD. DCA Trust didn’t comment Friday.