Legal Opinion
Name.Space, Inc. v. Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2015No. 13-55553PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) creates and assigns top level domains (“TLDs”), such as “.com” and “.net.” In 2012, ICANN accepted applications for the creation of new TLDs. This suit alleges that the 2012 Application Round violated federal and California law. The district court dismissed the complaint, and we affirm.
*1127I. Factual Background
A. Top Level Domains
Each Internet website is assigned a unique Internet Protocol (“IP”) numerical address. For ease of searching, websites also have alphanumeric domain names, such as…
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