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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Battle Over .SUCKS Domain Gets Testy

By Lisa Shuchman
June 02, 2015

The registry that owns the controversial domain name “.sucks” has put the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on notice that its criticisms and actions against the company could lead to legal action.

In a letter sent to ICANN's general counsel, Vox Populi Registry accused the organization responsible for overseeing Internet domain names of making false allegations and defamatory statements about the company and its business practices. In the letter, written by well-known intellectual property lawyer and Fish & Richardson partner David Hosp, Vox Populi demanded ICANN cease such activity immediately.

“We hereby demand that ICANN refrain from taking any further action in the future to impede Vox Populi's ability to operate the new TLD .SUCKS registry in accordance with its contractual rights and obligations,” Hosp wrote.

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