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On June 15, 2011, HP filed a civil case against Oracle in the Superior Court of California. The company alleged that Oracle violated its legal agreement when it decided to discontinue its support to develop the Itanium. HP claimed that Oracle has legal obligations to HP and to more than 140,000 customers using the Itanium platform. In its lawsuit, HP asked the court to compel Oracle to change its decision and to fulfill its legal obligation. On the other hand, Oracle denied HP's allegations and described the lawsuit at malicious and meritless. Oracle explained that although HP asked Oracle to guarantee its long-term commitment to Itanium, It refused the proposal. Oracle emphasized that the company's guaranteed long-term support HP's Itanium is not stipulated in their signed final agreement on September 2010.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20071455-92/hewlett-packard-sues-oracle-over-itanium-support/?tag=mncol;txt Hewlett-Packard sues Oracle over Itanium support]</ref>

In 2009, HP wrote to [[ICANN]] and asked the international internet governing bod to amend its rules regarding domain names. Under ICANN's rules, the two-letter domain names are strictly restricted for country code top level domains ([[ccTLD]]s. The company pointed out that the ruling put HP in a disadvantage position because it prohibits it from acquiring .hp [[TLD]] while its competitors will be able to secure their own branded domain names under the new [[gTLD]] program.<ref>[http://www.globalgold.co.uk/web-hosting-news/domains-news/hp-asks-icann-for-domain-name-rule-change-19125791 HP Asks ICANN for Domain Name Rule Change]</ref>