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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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ORDER SETTING HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION—No. C-05-04826 RMW

JAH

E-FILED on 11/30/05

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

COALITION FOR ICANN TRANSPARENCY

INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

VERISIGN, INC., INTERNET

CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES

AND NUMBERS,

Defendants.

No. C-05-04826 RMW

ORDER SETTING HEARING ON

APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION

[Re Docket Nos. 1, 17, 22]

 Plaintiff Coalition for ICANN Transparency Inc. has applied for an order to show cause ("OSC")

on the issues set forth below, as well as a temporary restraining order ("TRO") pending hearing on the

OSC. Defendants have filed oppositions. The court finds that plaintiff has not met the standards for a TRO

because, among other reasons, it has not shown that the need for immediate relief is clear. However, the

court will treat plaintiff's application for an OSC and TRO as a notice of motion for a preliminary injunction

seeking:

(1) that defendants Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") and

VeriSign, Inc., not enter into the proposed 2005 .com agreement,

(2) that defendants ICANN and VeriSign abide by the terms of the current .com agreement

dated May 25, 2001, until it expires on November 10, 2007, and

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(3) that VeriSign not engage in any "Registry Sevices" as defined in the proposed 2005 .com

agreement,includingwithout limitationthe CentralListingService, and excludingservicesthat

are defined as "Registry Services" in the 2001 .com agreement, pending further order ofthis

court.

This order and all supporting pleadings and papers shall be served upon defendants by December 5, 2005. 

The normal motion briefing schedule set forth in Civil L.R. 7-2 shall apply and a hearing date of February

10, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. is hereby set. 

DATED: 11/30/05 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

Jesse William Markham, Jr. JMarkham@mofo.com 

Jennifer Lee Taylor JLeeTaylor@mofo.com 

Keith Lawrence Butler keith.butler@LW.com 

William L. Stern wstern@mofo.com 

Counsel for Defendants:

Laurence J. Hutt laurence_hutt@aporter.com 

Jeffrey A. LeVee

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not registered for

e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 11/30/05 /s/ JH

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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