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Later, [[ICANN]] asked VeriSign to suspend its Site Finder service.<ref>[http://www.out-law.com/page-3921 Out-law.com]</ref>

Later, [[ICANN]] asked VeriSign to suspend its Site Finder service.<ref>[http://www.out-law.com/page-3921 Out-law.com]</ref>

In October,a hearing took place place in Washington, D.C. to review technical issues with the U.S. Department of Commerce, which gives permission to VeriSign to operate the [[DNS]] for [[.com]] and [[.net]], and VeriSign shuts down the service.

In October,a hearing took place place in Washington, D.C. to review technical issues with the U.S. Department of Commerce, which gives permission to VeriSign to operate the [[DNS]] for [[.com]] and [[.net]]; VeriSign subsequently shut down the service.

Later, in February 2004, VeriSign sued [[ICANN]] claiming it had unlawfully been prevented from adding new features to [[.com]] and [[.net]].<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038-5165982.html CNet News]</ref>. In August 2004, the claim was moved from federal to California state court. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/litigation-verisign.htm ICANN.org]</ref> Eventually, in late 2005, VeriSign and [[ICANN]] announced a proposed settlement introducing terms for a new registry services in the [[.com]] registry.  

Later, in February 2004, VeriSign sued [[ICANN]] claiming it had unlawfully been prevented from adding new features to [[.com]] and [[.net]].<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038-5165982.html CNet News]</ref>. In August 2004, the claim was moved from federal to California state court. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/litigation-verisign.htm ICANN.org]</ref> Eventually, in late 2005, VeriSign and [[ICANN]] announced a proposed settlement introducing terms for a new registry services in the [[.com]] registry.