Verizon California Inc. v. OnlineNIC, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTIONS FOR CONTEMPT SANCTIONS AND FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT

[re: doc. nos. 60 & 113]

Plaintiffs Verizon California, Inc., Verizon Trademark Services LLC, and Verizon Licensing Company (collectively, “Verizon”) move for the imposition of civil contempt sanctions against Defendant OnlineNIC, Inc. (“OnlineNIC”) for its alleged violations of the Modified Injunction and Receiver Order entered by this Court on May 13, 2009. Verizon alleges eleven counts of contempt, on the basis of which it seeks monetary sanctions and recovery of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. In addition, noting that the Court for the last five months has held OnlineNIC’s motion for relief from judgment under submission for the express purpose of evaluating OnlineNIC’s general credibility and its intent to engage with the litigation process, Verizon now asks the Court to deny the motion for relief from judgment.

Having undertaken a careful review of the record, the Court finds that OnlineNIC has committed multiple sanctionable violations of the Court’s orders. In addition, after evaluating not only the arguments presented in connection with OnlineNIC’s motion…