RE: [bc-gnso] FW: GoDaddy.com Loses Motion to Recuse 'The Academy's Judge'

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

<div>Phil,</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>The facts in the case -- the name of the Journal and the date the 
litigation was filed -- are less pertinent to my mood on this than that it is 
playing out now as the wider world begins to pull the curtain back on 
ICANN.&nbsp; I found this bit in the Harvard Business Review to just the sort 
of story that helps and confounds.&nbsp; Here is the link: 
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/protect-your-brand-from-cybersquatting/</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>It helps because it is a clear and concise review of the policies, 
practices and procedures surrounding the registration of domain names and the 
protection of trademarks; it is (likely) confounding because it assumes 
everyone understands the legitimate difference between a trademark like, say, 
United, as in www.united.com and an equally legitimate website like, say, 
www.untied.com.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Who knows what will be the outcome of the GoDaddy case, but my fear is 
that even without precedent there will be fresh pressure.&nbsp; I mean, 
AT&amp;T may have registered www.attstinks.com, but what might come of the 
ability to launch other fan, critic or lampoon sites?</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>That's all I meant.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Berard</div>
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<div>Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] FW: GoDaddy.com Loses Motion to Recuse 'The 
Academy's Judge'<br />From: "Phil Corwin" &lt;psc@xxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<br />Date: 
2/11/14 12:01 pm<br />To: "john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 
'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">A few comments&mdash;</span></p>
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lfo1;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: 
#1f497d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7.0pt 
'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 
'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">The article is from the National Law 
Journal, not National Journal, and was triggered by GoDaddy&rsquo;s failure to 
remove the trial judge for alleged bias</span></p>
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lfo1;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: 
#1f497d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7.0pt 
'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 
'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">The case has nothing to do with new 
gTLDs; as the story notes, the litigation was filed in 2010 (which says a lot 
about the efficiency of the Federal civil trial system)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 
'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">I have not made sufficient inquiry 
into the facts of the case or the underlying law to form any opinion on its 
merits. And, like many lawsuits, it could settle before a verdict is 
rendered.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 
'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">That said, a finding that the 
world&rsquo;s leading registrar had committed trademark infringement in its 
domain parking activities would have very broad legal and industry 
repercussions, which is the reason I brought it to the attention of BC 
members.</span></p>
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'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">As for communications efforts 
surrounding new gTLDs, I would agree that there are substantial shortcomings in 
current efforts, including ICANN&rsquo;s own.</span></p>
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[mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] <br /> <strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, 
February 11, 2014 2:07 PM<br /> <strong>To:</strong> Phil Corwin; 
bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx<br /> <strong>Subject:</strong> RE: [bc-gnso] FW: GoDaddy.com 
Loses Motion to Recuse 'The Academy's Judge'</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">This email prompts a 
thought.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">As domain names 
continue to push their way closer to mass market awareness, stories like this 
one in the National Journal which bears an incredulous tone, are only going to 
become more prevalent, cynical and one-sided.&nbsp; Particularly as the ripples 
of the new gTLD program reaches media who know less and less and less about 
ICANN, UDRP practices or any of the mechanics that make-up domain name 
registration policies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">To the naked eye, it 
likely seems that the Academy <em>should</em> prevail in the case against 
oscarlist.com or academyawardsinc.com; so much so that if GoDaddy were to win 
the case, it <em>might</em> seem like a miscarriage of justice.&nbsp; Now that 
would be a problem beyond this one case.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">The problem is 
rooted in the fact that there is too little grounding in domain names beyond 
the small group of people who have participated in ICANN, yet public policy, 
law and public opinion is made by more who don't.&nbsp; This may wind up being 
the real shortcoming in the communications surrounding the new gTLD 
program.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Cheers,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">John 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Subject: [bc-gnso] FW: 
GoDaddy.com Loses Motion to Recuse 'The Academy's Judge'<br /> From: "Phil 
Corwin" &lt;<a href="mailto:psc@xxxxxxxxxxx";>psc@xxxxxxxxxxx</a>&gt;<br /> 
Date: 2/11/14 9:35 am<br /> To: "<a 
href="mailto:bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx";>bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx</a>" &lt;<a 
href="mailto:bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx";>bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx</a>&gt;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">FYI&mdash;very high profile cybersquatting 
case against Go Daddy&hellip; </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 
'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Subject:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; 
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> GoDaddy.com Loses Motion to Recuse 'The 
Academy's Judge'</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto;"><a 
href="http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202641536588?kw=GoDaddy.com%20Loses%20Motion%20to%20Recuse%20%27The%20Academy%27s%20Judge%27&amp;et=editorial&amp;bu=National%20Law%20Journal&amp;cn=20140211&amp;src=EMC-Email&amp;pt=Daily%20Headlines";>http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202641536588?kw=GoDaddy.com%20Loses%20Motion%20to%20Recuse%20%27The%20Academy%27s%20Judge%27&amp;et=editorial&amp;bu=National%20Law%20Journal&amp;cn=20140211&amp;src=EMC-Email&amp;pt=Daily%20Headlines</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; color: 
black;" lang="EN">GoDaddy.com Loses Motion to Recuse 'The Academy's Judge' 
</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;" 
lang="EN">Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">February 04, 
2014, 05:03 PM &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;| </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><img id="Picture_x0020_1" 
src="cid:52fa8b7b07428" alt="1988 Academy Awards red carpet" width="616" 
height="372" border="0" /></span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">1988 
Academy Awards red carpet Photo: Alan Light via Wikimedia Commons </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Domain-name 
registrar GoDaddy.com Inc. has lost an effort to force the recusal of a federal 
judge based on alleged bias toward the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences, whose own attorney it said referred to her as &ldquo;the 
Academy&rsquo;s judge.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">In 2010, the 
Academy, which hosts the Oscars awards show, sued GoDaddy.com for 
cybersquatting. The suit alleges that GoDaddy.com offers a program by which its 
customers can &ldquo;park&rdquo; a Web page&mdash;in this case, allegedly under 
infringing domain names&mdash;for the sole purpose of collecting ad revenue 
derived when users click onto the sites.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Among the more 
than 100 domain names at issue are oscarlist.com and academyawardsinc.com. The 
case is scheduled to go to trial later this year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Although the 
case originally was assigned to U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los 
Angeles, the Academy successfully moved to transfer the litigation to U.S. 
District Judge Audrey Collins, who is overseeing related cases over its 
trademarks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">During a 
hearing Monday, Fischer rejected GoDaddy&rsquo;s motion to recuse Collins, 
saying she would issue a written ruling soon. &ldquo;The Court finds that the 
motion is untimely, frivolous, and that defense has provided no evidence that a 
reasonable person could conclude that there is any bias by Judge 
Collins,&rdquo; Fischer concluded, according to a minute order of the 
proceedings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">&ldquo;Her 
ruling began by characterizing the motion as both untimely and frivolous and 
concluded by noting that GoDaddy had blatantly misrepresented the facts,&rdquo; 
said David Quinto, a partner at Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; 
Sullivan and the Academy&rsquo;s longtime trademark attorney.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">The 
organization&rsquo;s counsel of record, Stuart Singer, a partner in Boies, 
Schiller &amp; Flexner's Fort Lauderdale office, said he was &ldquo;gratified 
by Judge Fischer&rsquo;s decision.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">GoDaddy.com did 
not respond to a request for comment, and its attorney, Aaron McKown of Wrenn 
Bender in Irvine, Calif., did not return a call for comment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Among other 
things, GoDaddy.com&rsquo;s attorneys claimed in a Dec. 31 motion that the 
Academy has attempted &ldquo;to game the system&rdquo; by steering all its 
cases before Collins, who has overseen 25 of its disputes within the past 15 
years. In this case, they noted that Collins had ruled for the Academy on a 
number of motions, including for dismissal and summary judgment. Collins has 
allegedly encouraged GoDaddy.com to settle the case while suggesting the 
Academy file a second suit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">The Academy, in 
turn, has used its leverage with Collins, whose daughter is an actress, in 
settlement negotiations, the motion asserts. During a 2012 meeting on potential 
settlement terms, for example, Quinto allegedly told GoDaddy.com&rsquo;s 
attorneys that they should know Collins is &ldquo;the Academy&rsquo;s 
judge.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">In court 
papers, the Academy&rsquo;s attorneys called GoDaddy.com&rsquo;s claims 
&ldquo;outrageous and sanctionable.&rdquo; In a Jan. 13 opposition filing, they 
noted that GoDaddy.com did not object at the time the case was transferred. 
They brushed aside arguments about Collins&rsquo; daughter, who is not an 
Academy member, and called accusations about the judge&rsquo;s statements 
misleading. They also defended their own settlement discussions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Quinto said his 
reference to Collins as &ldquo;the Academy judge&rdquo;&mdash;not, he insisted, 
&ldquo;the Academy&rsquo;s judge&rdquo; as GoDaddy.com contends&mdash;simply 
meant she &ldquo;was familiar with the academy&rsquo;s intellectual 
properties.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><span style="color: black;" 
lang="EN">&ldquo;GoDaddy&rsquo;s motion struck me as baseless and Judge Collins 
is a very well respected judge,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just say 
that in my career, I&rsquo;ve never seen something like this.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 
auto; background: white;"><em><span style="color: black;" lang="EN">Contact 
Amanda Bronstad at <a href="mailto:abronstad@xxxxxxx";> 
abronstad@xxxxxxx</a></span></em><span style="color: black;" 
lang="EN">.</span></p>
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href="http://www.avg.com";>www.avg.com</a><br /> Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus 
Database: 3697/7069 - Release Date: 02/06/14</p>
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