<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>This is really nonsense and one of the reasons why the American mandate on ICANN needs to end ASAP.</div><div><br></div><div>Did anyone other than one supported by the countries in the EU own and manage .eu or how about .Asia?</div><div><br></div><div>Why is it that American courts are running roughshod on this issue? </div><div><br></div><div>.Africa belongs to the people of Africa, in this case mandated by the AU. Am I the only who sees this???<br><br><div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 13 Apr 2016, at 7:33 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">back at the University of Nairobi, we spent many days debating on ouster of court clauses, where a process such as ICANN new gTLD program intends to take away jurisdiction of the courts. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This will be an interesting one to watch. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-04-13 18:47 GMT+03:00 Gideon via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mauritius - April 13, 2016 - <a href="https://www.prlog.org" target="_blank">PRLog</a>
-- A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN
DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the
decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx)
(<a href="http://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/75-Order-Granting-Preliminary-Injunction-DCA-Trust-April1216.pdf" target="_blank">http://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/75-Order-Granting-Preliminary-Injunction-DCA-Trust-April1216.pdf</a>)
[PDF], DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers & ZA Central Registry.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Link: <a href="https://www.prlog.org/12549573-us-court-grants-dca-trusts-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-on-africa-gtld.html" target="_blank">https://www.prlog.org/12549573-us-court-grants-dca-trusts-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-on-africa-gtld.html</a> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<br></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Gideon Rop</div>
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