[governance] Anti-Trust Complaint Filed Against ICANN, Registerfly and Enom

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Anti-Trust Complaint Filed Against ICANN, Registerfly and Enom
by Adam Strong in Categories: ICANN / Policy
03|20|2008 5:09 pm EDT
 
http://www.domainnamenews.com/icann-policy/anti-trust-complaint-filed-against-icann-registerfly-and-enom/1484#more-1484
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Two individuals have filed a complaint in US Federal Court in California
accusing ICANN, Registerfly.com and Enom.com of anti-trust 

activities  [pdf document].  The complainants are seeking $25 Million in
damages. Accusations found in the court documents also claim the 

companies were involved in racketeering, RICO violations, Sherman Anti-Trust
Act violations, fraud, breach of contract, negligence and more.

This latest case surrounding the Registerfly fiasco has become more interesting
with the lofty charges of anti-trust and RICO violations 

brought specifically against ICANN . The RegisterFly.com mess happened over a
year ago when the company, both an ICANN accredited registrar 

and at one point an Enom reseller, collapsed over internal company issues.  A
good summary can be found here.  The problems that registrants 

encountered during this time forced ICANN to strip Registerfly of their ICANN
accreditation and Godaddy was brought in to help clean up the 

carnage.  A previous class action suit was brought up against the company last
year.

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Ref. Links:

United States District Court, Central District of California
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/

Filing [March 18, 2008]  Civil Action No.: CV08-01865

MICHEAL MOORE
RONALD P. GENTRY
Plaintiffs,

v.

INTERNET CORPORATION FOR
ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS
ENOM, INC. AND REGISTERFLY.COM INC.;
Defendants

http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/03/20/IcannEnom.pdf
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Article's References:

http://www.registerfly-lawsuit.com/developments/priorhistory1.shtml

http://domainnamewire.com/2007/05/29/its-official-godaddy-to-take-over-registerflys-domains/

http://www.registerfly-lawsuit.com/registerfly-lawsuit-overview.shtml

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