DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Nos.

Filed 9/20/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

DOTCONNECTAFRICA TRUST, B302739

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC607494) v.

INTERNET CORPORATION FOR

ASSIGNED NAMES AND

NUMBERS,

Defendant and Respondent;

ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY, NPC,

Intervener and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Robert B. Broadbelt, III, Judge. Affirmed. Dechert, Arif H. Ali, Anna Q. Do and Michael H. McGinley for Plaintiff and Appellant. Jones Day, Jeffrey A. LeVee, Erin L. Burke, Erica L. Reilley and Erna Mamikonyan for Defendant and Respondent. Kesselman Brantly Stockinger, David W. Kesselman, Amy T. Brantly and Kara D. McDonald for Intervener and Respondent. ____________________ We affirm the trial court’s application of judicial estoppel in this case about internet names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, widely known as ICANN, is in charge of internet website names. In this role, ICANN selects entities to handle selling internet names using particular suffixes. ICANN decided to expand the online…