Manwin Licensing International S a r l et al v. ICM Registry LLC et al

  1. May 02, 2013

    Adult Website Operator Manwin Settles '.XXX' Antitrust Row

    Manwin Licensing International SARL has agreed to settle a lawsuit in California federal court in which the adult website operator alleged that ICM Registry LLC registered the ".xxx" top-level Internet domain through an anti-competitive process, the two companies said Wednesday.

  2. February 15, 2013

    Adult Sites Urge Dismissal of '.XXX' Antitrust Counterclaims

    Two operators of adult content websites urged a California federal judge Friday to dismiss antitrust claims brought by ICM Registry LLC, saying the domain registry service cannot show it was injured by their attack on its registration of ".xxx" top-level domain names.

  3. August 17, 2012

    Domain Name Suits May Multiply After '.XXX' Antitrust Ruling

    A recent decision allowing an antitrust suit to proceed against the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers over its approval of the ".xxx" top-level domain name will likely prompt similar suits by trademark owners over the hundreds of other new domain names that ICANN plans to launch, attorneys said.

  4. August 14, 2012

    ICM, ICANN Get Claims Cut From '.XXX' Antitrust Case

    A California federal judge pared a suit Tuesday claiming ICM Registry LLC and the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers used an anti-competitive process to approve the new ".xxx" top-level domain name, finding no affirmative registration market exists for the .xxx extensions.

  5. May 10, 2012

    ICM Says '.XXX' Antitrust Suit Is Bid To Corral Porn Market

    The manager of the recently hatched ".xxx" domain extension on Tuesday reiterated its opposition to antitrust claims lodged by an adult website operator and a movie maker, arguing that the pornography companies are simply attempting to stave off the competition engendered by the new domain.

  6. January 23, 2012

    ICANN Claims Antitrust Immunity In '.XXX' Domain Fight

    Arguing it is immune from antitrust law because it doesn't engage in trade or commerce, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers on Friday moved to dismiss an adult website operator's suit alleging ICANN used an anti-competitive process to approve the new ".xxx" top-level domain name.

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