Whoops! Fresh TLD auction lawyers also representing Name.space in suit to halt program
Morrison & Foerster has worked on private TLD auctions while also representing name.space in its lawsuit against the fresh TLD program.
Earlier today I wrote regarding name.space’s opening brief in its appeal to a lawsuit it filed against ICANN last year.
Name.space, which runs an alternate root with many domain names that are identical to ones being applied for in the fresh top level domain program, sued ICANN last year and asked the court to halt the fresh top level domain name program.
A judge tossed out the suit, but name.space appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. It just filed its opening brief in the appeal this stretch.
Morrison & Foerster (well known for its Mofo.com domain name) is representing name.space.
Morrison & Foerster also did work for the Applicant Auction run by Innovative Auctions. This is the group helping fresh TLD applicants settle their contention sets via private auctions.
As stated by the Applicant Auction website, Morrison & Foerster designed the contract and legal agreements for the auction, and also handled legal and settlement services for the first auction.
That first auction included six domain names, three of which – .club, .red, and .college – also match alt-root TLDs run by name.space.
(Thanks Bret)
