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In August, 2012, a mixed ruling by the Central District of California District Court accepted only 2 out of ICANN and ICM's 7 motions to dismiss. The court ruled that ICANN would be subject to anti-trust law, as ICM pays fees to them in order to be permitted to run the .xxx domain space, and that the trial would proceed with focus on the "defensive registrations" market.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10149-court-rules-youporn-can-sue-icann-for-alleged-xxx-antitrust-violations Court rules YouPorn can sue ICANN for alleged .xxx antitrust violations, domainincite.com]</ref> Later that month, ICM Registry hired a new team of lawyers to handle the antitrust lawsuit. Gordon & Rees senior partner Richard Sybert took over as lead counsel for the case, replacing [[Becky Burr]] from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, as she left her position at the firm. The team also included veteran domain industry lawyer [[Bret Fausett]], who represented the Coalition For ICANN Transparency in its antitrust case against ICANN and Verisign. The results of this suit set a precedent for Manwin's case against ICANN and ICM.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10279-icm-hires-fausett-to-help-with-youporn-antitrust-case ICM hires Fausett to help with YouPorn antitrust case, domainincite.com]</ref>
In August, 2012, a mixed ruling by the Central District of California District Court accepted only 2 out of ICANN and ICM's 7 motions to dismiss. The court ruled that ICANN would be subject to anti-trust law, as ICM pays fees to them in order to be permitted to run the .xxx domain space, and that the trial would proceed with focus on the "defensive registrations" market.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10149-court-rules-youporn-can-sue-icann-for-alleged-xxx-antitrust-violations Court rules YouPorn can sue ICANN for alleged .xxx antitrust violations, domainincite.com]</ref> Later that month, ICM Registry hired a new team of lawyers to handle the antitrust lawsuit. Gordon & Rees senior partner Richard Sybert took over as lead counsel for the case, replacing [[Becky Burr]] from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, as she left her position at the firm. The team also included veteran domain industry lawyer [[Bret Fausett]], who represented the Coalition For ICANN Transparency in its antitrust case against ICANN and Verisign. The results of this suit set a precedent for Manwin's case against ICANN and ICM.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10279-icm-hires-fausett-to-help-with-youporn-antitrust-case ICM hires Fausett to help with YouPorn antitrust case, domainincite.com]</ref>
In October, 2012, ICM filed a counter-suit against Manwin. The company alleged that Manwin has cost them at least $120 million in damages by using its adult industry market power to convince other companies not to do business with the .xxx TLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10653-icm-files-120m-lawsuit-over-manwins-xxx-boycott ICM files $120m lawsuit over Manwin’s .xxx “boycott”, domainincite.com]</ref>
In October, 2012, ICM filed a counter-suit against Manwin. The company alleged that Manwin has cost them at least $120 million in damages by using its adult industry market power to convince other companies not to do business with the .xxx TLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10653-icm-files-120m-lawsuit-over-manwins-xxx-boycott ICM files $120m lawsuit over Manwin’s .xxx “boycott”, domainincite.com]</ref> ICM's counter-suit was later thrown out of court; the judge stated, "“Harm to ICM only is not sufficient to constitute antitrust injury. It must allege harm to the competitive process.” ICM can redraft its claims to be resubmitted to the court.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12011-icms-claims-against-manwin-thrown-out-of-court ICMs Claims Against Manwin Thrown Out of Court, DomainIncite.com] Retreived 28 Feb 2013</ref>
==Applications for .adult, .porn, and .sex TLDs==
==Applications for .adult, .porn, and .sex TLDs==