> Begin forwarded message: > > From: ICANN At-Large Staff <[email protected]> > Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Temporarily Stopped from > Delegating .AFRICA Pending Federal Court Hearing on 4 April 2016 > Date: March 6, 2016 at 3:27:46 PM GMT+4 > To: "'[email protected]'" > <[email protected]> > > > <http://www.icann.org/>News Alert > > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-03-05-en > <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-03-05-en> > ICANN Temporarily Stopped from Delegating .AFRICA Pending Federal Court > Hearing on 4 April 2016 > 5 March 2016 > The Court in the DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) v. ICANN matter granted DCA's > request for an emergency order (aka Temporary Restraining Order or TRO). > The order issued by a United States Federal District Court located in Los > Angeles directed ICANN to not "issue" the .AFRICA top level domain until > following a ruling on the hearing to be held on the matter on 4 April 2016. > DCA has asked the Court to order ICANN not to delegate .AFRICA until its > lawsuit is resolved in its entirety. In doing so, DCA asked for an emergency > order to stop ICANN for a short period of time until the Court could fully > evaluate whether stopping the delegation of .AFRICA during the pendency of > the lawsuit is appropriate. > DCA has already presented its facts in writing to the Court, and ICANN will > do so on 14 March 2016. The parties will present oral arguments to the Court > on 4 April 2016, after which the Court will make a decision about whether or > not ICANN can proceed to delegation, even though the lawsuit is still > proceeding. > In its temporary order, the Court did not make a ruling as to the "merits" of > DCA's claims but ruled specifically on the "irreparable harm" standard. In > taking the step of temporarily preserving the status quo, the Court > considered that there is only one .AFRICA, and if ICANN delegates it to some > other entity, DCA would not be able to get use of the TLD if DCA won the > lawsuit. ICANN has not had the chance to present facts to show why delegation > at this point is appropriate. ICANN will have that chance in the next few > weeks. > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce > <https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce> > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org > <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> Kris Seeburn [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/kseeburn/ <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kseeburn/>
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