.Africa Court Case Media and Public Comments
DCA Trust vs ICANN
2018
June
April
February
2017
September
- DotConnectAfrica Trust Defeats Motion for Summary Judgment
- ICANN and DCA’s .Africa domain name legal contest continues
- ICANN’s bid to terminate case against DCA Trust for dotAfrica domain rejected by court
- .Africa gTLD: ICANN Loses MSJ, Back to Legal Arena
- Plaintiff DCA (DotConnectAfrica Trust) Survives ICANN’s Motion for Summary Judgment
August
- Amazon may still get .amazon despite govt opposition – thanks to a classic ICANN cockup
- Africans complain of ZACR’s Price Gouging on .Africa and .City Domains
July
- Amazon may still get .amazon despite govt opposition – thanks to a classic ICANN cockup
- Amazon beats ICANN on .Amazon gTLD following DCA Trust’s precedent setting case in .Africa IRP!
- .Amazon IRP Panel Notes the Precedential status of DCA Trust .Africa
June
- The rush to claim the .africa domain may be tripped up by an online real estate dispute
- DotAfrica Goes Public July 4: Will Africans Embrace It Or Continue To ‘Be Guests On Someone Else’s Web’?
March
- DotConnectAfrica Seeks Redelegation of .Africa gTLD at Trial
- .Africa domains Launch Begins, but litigation continues
- Inside Kenya-SA fight to control .Africa domain
- .Africa gTLD redelegation possible if DotConnectAfrica wins case
- The scramble for the .africa domain name has been long and brutal, and it isn’t over yet
February
- Third time lucky: ICANN beats off .africa ban Promises to create new top-level domain despite ongoing court case
- .Africa Domain to be delegated pending DCA Trust Vs ICANN Court Hearing on Merits
- .africa to finally go live after judge denies injunction
- ICANN Free to Delegate .Africa as Judge rules re-delegation is possible if DCA prevails
- DCA Protests against Judge Rushed Reversal of 7 page Tentative Ruling of PI to its favor
- .Africa: California Judge Reverses Tentative Ruling on Technicality, Case set for second hearing
2016
November
- Council of Europe scholastic paper covers the .Africa legal process from human rights perspective (page 64 of 73) [PDF, 3 MB] Read
October
News Review: Post-transition ICANN Yells For Help From U.S. Government Read
August
- Dot Registry Challenges ICANN Monopoly DomainMondo
- Second IRP Winner Dot Registry files amicus curiae brief in support of Appellee .Africa Applicant DCA Trust against ICANN DNA
- Recent Actions Cast Doubt on Whether ICANN Is Ready for Transition DailySignal
- Accountability and Transition in ICANN’s New gTLD Program Lexology
- A tad too late? DCA’s pioneering efforts to STOP IANA Transition affirmed by 25 Advocacy Groups DNA
- Simply not credible: The extraordinary verdict against the body that hopes to run the internet TheRegister
- ICANN Dejavu – Second IRP Panel Slams ICANN STAFF for Meddling with Evaluation DNA
JULY
- Court denies ZACR motion for reconsideration on preliminary injunction for DCA CIO East Africa
- DCA Succeeded to Convince The Geographic Panel DomainNews
- Another blow for ICANN in .AFRICA Lexology
- East Africa: Court Denies Zacr Motion for Reconsideration On Preliminary Injunction for DCA AllAfrica
- .africa case continues in US court ItWeb
JUNE
- Struggle over dotAfrica gTLD intensifies ItWebAfrica
- Court Affirms Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Delegation of “.Africa” Top-Level Domain on Reconsideration BNSK
- Victory for DCA Trust: Judge Moot ZACR from .Africa case, Outs its Reconsideration ITBD
- US Court throws out ZACR as Non-Party to .Africa: Denies its Reconsideration, Moves on with DCA vs ICANN DomainingAfrica
- U.S. District Court denied ICANN’s motion for reconsideration of the Order enjoining ICANN from delegating new gTLD .AFRICA DomainMondo
- Breaking: Court extinguishes ZACR as party to .Africa Litigation, Denies its PI Reconsideration DomainNewsAfrica
- Huge Blow to ZACR: Dismissed as Party on .Africa case, denied Preliminary Injunction Reconsideration TBiashara
- Court declines ICANN’s motion seeking to lift injunction on dotAfrica Aptantech
MAY
- .Sports IRP Panelist: “odor of corruption and impropriety” with .AFRICA DomainNewsAfrica
- Republicans threaten to derail internet transition TheRegister
- ZACR’s actions on .Africa: An attempt at a Second Bite at the Apple, opposes DCA Trust TandaaBiashara
- ZACR CEO Declaration on .Africa biased, misleading, conclusory & without foundation, details DCA Trust DomainingAfrica
- .Africa: Irrespective of Error, Serious Question on Merits & Balance of Harm weighs in DCA’s Favor DNA
- Q&A: DCA Trust Founder on Status of .Africa & Why Other African gTLDs failed to Go Live! ITB
- Improper Agreement between ZACR & ICANN on .Africa has caused it injury states DCA Trust DomainingAfrica
- ZACR Interfered and Proximately Caused Its Damages, says DCA Trust to Court TBiashara
- ZACR Committed Fraudulent Acts on .Africa, persist DCA Trust to Court DomainNewsA
- ICANN knifes Africa’s internet: New top-level domains terminated TheRegister
- What’s Good for DotConnectAfrica is Good for the World! ICANN Withdraws its Motion to Dismiss DomainingAfrica
- .Africa Headline News: ICANN Withdraws it’s Motion to Dismiss – Huge Win for DCA Trust! DNA
- ICANN retreats in DCA Trust AFRICA case- Withdraws Motion to Dismiss DomainMondo
- ICANN sued by gTLD applicant Limegreen Ipnews
APRIL
- Judge Halts .Africa Domain; Lengthy Litigation Likely Bloomberg BNA
- News Review: dotAFRICA, Public Interest, Judge Holds ICANN Accountable Domainmondo
- “Yedaly Declaration” on .Africa dismissed by US Federal Court as Conflict of Interest! ItBusinessDirect
- I bless the reins down on .africa … Dot-word injunction hits ICANN TheRegister
- .Africa: US Court grants Injunction to DCA Trust, says Balance of Equities tips in favor of DCA DNA
- Preliminary Injunction Issued Barring Delegation of .Africa Top-Level Domain Until Case Resolution BNSK Blog
- DCA Alive! Court Grants Preliminary Injunction on .Africa DomainingAfrica
- US court puts a halt on .africa domain HTXT
- -.Africa: US Court grants Injunction to DCA Trust, says Balance of Equities tips in favor of DCA DomainNewsAfrica
- .africa domain frozen by US court injunction ItWeb
- US Court GRANTS DCA Trust a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD Ethiocyberlaws
- Will ICANN File An Interlocutory Appeal in DCA Trust gTLD AFRICA Case? DomainMondo
- US Court grants DCA preliminary injunction, ICANN can’t delegate dotAfrica domain Aptantech
- It’s open season on ICANN as judge rules new gTLD applicants CAN sue DomainIncite
- .Africa: ICANN’s Self-Described “Discretion” Doesn’t Grant It Absolute Immunity DNA
- DCA Trust challenges ICANN’s litigation waiver on dotAfrica case Aptantech
- Applicant for .Africa Domain Challenges ICANN Litigation Waiver Bloomberg BNA
MARCH
- .Africa: DotConnectAfrica Slams ICANN’s Opposition to Preliminary Injunction as #HotAir DNA
- Statement for the Record for the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Energy and Commerce Committee United States House of Representatives March 17 , 2016 Brett D. Schaefer and Paul Rosenzweig Page 10 of 16 Heritage Foundation
- This is why you can’t get a .africa domain name just yet Tech Cabal
- Domain names: What’s in a name? FinancialMail
- Kenya, S.Africa domain row intensifies Nation Media
- New Delay for Long-Awaited.Africa Internet Domain Bloomberg BNA
- ICANN told to wait on .africa delegation TrademarksandBrandsOnline
- .africa domain held up again ITWebNews
- dotAfrica launch frustrated by new court case Mybroadband
- .africa dispute will be in court on 4 April HTXT
- Court Bars ICANN from Delegating .Africa Pending Federal Court Hearing DomainingAfrica
- ICANN Temporarily Stopped from Delegating .AFRICA Pending Federal Court Hearing on 4 April 2016 ICANN
- ICANN Temporarily Stopped from Delegating .AFRICA Pending Federal Court Hearing on April 4, 2016 AG-IP News
- US Court halts .Africa delegation until a preliminary injunction case by applicant DotConnectAfrica is determined DNA
- Delegation of DotAfrica domain suspended as DCA granted relief by US Court TechMoran
- Delegation of DotAfrica gTLD blocked, DCA gets relief from US Court Aptantech
- US Federal Court Enjoins ICANN From Delegating New gTLD dot AFRICA DomainMondo
- ICANN Temporarily Stopped from Delegating .AFRICA Pending Federal Court Hearing on 4 April DomainPulse