The ongoing saga of ICM Registry’s application for the .xxx TLD is
heading for arbitration, with Stuart Lawley hopeful that the proposal
will get a green light following this, reports XBIZ News.
Lawley, chairman and president of ICM Registry, told XBIZ that his company’s chance of winning an appeal using an independent review panel isn’t out of reach the report said.
“ICM Registry is asking for the arbitration panel to rule in favor of
its application to serve as .XXX registry operator because it met
criteria set forth in a December 2003 request for proposal. Lawley, chairman and president of ICM Registry, told XBIZ that his company’s chance of winning an appeal using an independent review panel isn’t out of reach the report said.
“ICM Registry claims that ICANN acted inconsistently with its own articles of incorporation and bylaws.”
“This discriminatory treatment was not justified by any substantial reasonable cause,” according to a brief on the merits of the case “There is nothing in the ICANN articles and bylaws that would allow ICANN to treat ICM differently because certain elements asserted that the ICM proposal was controversial.
“Moreover, the reasons that ICANN cited as the basis for its denial of ICM’s application were false and pretextual — a mere cover for ICANN’s bowing to undue political pressure.”
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www.xbiznewswire.com/view.php?id=105694