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Exhibit 10.53
 
CORPORATE PROMISSORY NOTE
 
$30,000
San Diego, California
November 30, 2009

 
 For value received, receipt of which is acknowledged, DotVN, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, (“Maker”) promises to pay to Thomas Johnson, San Diego, California,
(“Payee”), or order, at such place as Payee may designate, the sum of THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($30,000.00), plus interest at the rate of ten
percent (10%) per annum, on February 28, 2010 (the “Due Date”).
 
If action be instituted on this note, Maker promises to pay such sum as the
Court may fix as attorneys fees.
 
This note will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the Maker and Payee.
 
IN WITNESS THERETO, Maker has affixed its signature by a duly authorized officer
under the seal of this corporation.
 

 
DOT VN, INC.
       
   /s/
Lee Johnson
 
By:
Lee Johnson
 
Its:
President

CORPORATE PROMISSORY NOTE
 

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